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He's not a big drinker. He drinks beer pretty regularly and occasionally he will have a boubon and coke or rum and coke.
Monday night, he drank 3 rum and cokes. an entire half pint of rum. He was sick on Tuesday and a little better yesterday but still dizzy and shakey. Today, he is still pretty shakey and dizzy.
Should I be worried? or is this just the withdrawal? He keeps saying that the room is spinning and he likens it to when he had a bout of vertigo last year. Part of me is worried and part of me is saying this is what you get when you are STUPID!
Any answers would be appreciated.
Though a "normal hangover" usually lasts about 24 hours or so, your husband may have given himself a mild case of alcohol poisoning.
You make it sound like he doesn't drink too much, so to a regular partier, 3 drinks doesn't seem much.
Also note that many people pour doubles without realizing it, so he may really have had upwards of six drinks.
He obviously whacked out his blood sugar (over drinking does that too), and depleted his vitamins, so if he is progressively feeling better and not worse, then it is probably not worthy of a hospital visit now.
Consider though that this episode may have uncovered a silent case of pre-diabetes, so consider having a test to check. If the cause of his "vertigo" was not formally diagnosed, then have it examined. Blood pressure too.
Beer consumption from cans is easier to monitor. Use a shot glass when mixing drinks because "eyeballing" (particularly after your first two) gets a lot less accurate in the throes of a party.
A daily multivitamin, extra C, lots of water to flush and minimal sugar intake will help detoxing along.
