Yep... if you are physically dependent on alcohol the withdrawal can be horrendous and in the worst case fatal, you would have to be admitted for a detox for this. Trouble is beds for this on the NHS are often not immediately available unless you are at death's door - I consider myself very lucky that I was admitted and treated before this was the case. There are other options though, such as home detoxes where you are visited daily by a nurse, have your vital signs monitored, are given medication and can call anytime you start to weaken. The above applies more so if you've been drinking very heavily over a long period of time, months or even years. By heavily I would call that something like a bottle of vodka or 2 bottles of wine a day, give or take but equivalent to many times your recommended weekly units. Can you give a rough estimate of how many units you are currently drinking per week, and how long this has been happening...?
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