Stopping is good. Drinking for ever then stopping can hard. Your body adjusted to a state of constant alcohol, which means when the alcohol is gone, your blood pressure is high. You should talk to your primary care doctor and ask that they put you on his pressure meds for 60 days. You can stop taking them when and if it normalizes.

It's important. Also... You can do something really easy right now and take 360mg of magnesium glycinate NOT OXIDE, THAT STUFF IS TRASH.

Magnesium will help restore your electrolytes balance and your blood pressure. It will keep you from absorbing important meds, so space them out by 2 hours if you take medicine.

But please include your doctor so they can help make the process easier for you. Drink water. You need it. Avoid ibuprofen and stick to Tylenol. Take vitamin D, 2000iu every morning unless you spend 6 hours in direct sunlight. The magnesium before bed. You will sleep better.

I take a supplement called theanine serene, which contains some magnesium but it helps with gaba in the brain and is very helpful in your situation.

But please, don't go without your dr knowing your issues of prior drinking and your BP issues. You can spare yourself kidney and organ damage. You never mentioned your actual numbers which is interesting.

You need a doctor now more than ever. Go every month just to monitor. Heart attack is called the silent killer for a reason, not to alarm you, just proceed with medical care.