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Withdrawal
Alcohol, like all addictive drugs, produces physical dependence in the habitual user. A hangover, a combination of headache, nausea, fatigue, and depression, may be a mild type of from alcohol. Sudden abstinence by the chronic alcoholic produces a severe withdrawal syndrome : including tremors, vomiting, and convulsions resembling those of epilepsy : that is more likely to cause death than withdrawal from narcotic drugs. The final and most dangerous phase in this withdrawal pattern is delirium tremens, a toxic psychosis characterized by insomnia, hallucinations, seizures, and maniacal behavior.
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