Will I have severe withdrawals?

No. I think my record for a bender is about 4 days, definitely weeks at a time of 20+ drinks a night. Following my last bender I had mood dysfunction, elevated heartbeat and muscular tension for about 36 hours. Also had what I think was DTs because I ate an edible in public. What followed was shaking, loss of nerve function, and hallucinations unlike anything I've experienced (and I've smoked DMT). I didn't know what anything was except that it was an aggressive collage of noise and sound. Felt like my mind was falling apart. And I was at work... haha. Went back to work and pretended nothing was happening and was normal that night.

Drank a lot since then but no sunrise to sundown benders and have had nothing but hangovers, though those change with frequency and intensity of drinking. Basically alcohol is something you have to really try to have a physical addiction too... unless kindling.

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