Hi all. I know that I've been around even less then usual, so I hope it's okay to ask a question. For any of you that have quit drinking and gone through withdrawal, did you have horrible body aches? I tapered off and for the first couple of days I had the sweats, headache, and irritability that I was expecting. Then for the next two days I was fine, but yesterday things got bad. I feel sick to my stomach, my head is killing me, and the body aches are awful. Is this normal? I kind of thought that things would progress from bad to better, not feel okay and then feel worse. Perhaps it's not related to withdrawal, and maybe I'm just sick? I'm also going to ask in the addictions forum, but I prefer posting here.

I hope everyone is doing well. For the most part I've been keeping up on the couch, but I haven't felt up to posting lately.