How much alcohol does a person have to drink

[Rev Run]

regularly in order to die from withdrawal if they suddenly? stopped drinking? my friend was telling me that it only takes a 6 pack everyday for 6 months. I don't know if thats true. That doesn't seem like enough to cause death from withdrawal symptoms.

[Cristy Q]

Well I can tell you, that probably would not do it. My mother-in-law started drinking at the age of 18... in the entire time that I knew her she was always intoxicated. In fact I never saw her drink anything but alcohol. She is 68 now, and after discovering significant brain damage and cirrhosis she has not had any alcohol for 2 months and is still alive. I know with 100% certainty that she used to consume way more than a six pack a day... and this was for 60 years.

[po_boy66]

Like everything it depends on your system. Never heard of any body getting but a minor case of jitters from that amount. When I went into rehab I was drinking a half gallon of 100 proof Vodka and a twelve pack of 6 point beer every day. And yes withdraw damn near killed me. It was a month and a half before I could remember where I was for more than a day or two. I still have seizures without medication.