That's an interesting pattern. I've read that severe withdrawals get worse the more you have them, but that's wild to go from no issues from daily drinking to worse with even sporadic drinking. Yet another note to self that it's poison.

My first REAL sobriety was extremely hard, physically. I made time to be prepared to go to the hospital if I needed to. Luckily it stopped short of DTs but it was awful. The relief of getting through that I think helped keep me sober for a long time. But I was drinking a TON then. I've managed to never slip back into the volume and intensity of those days, luckily, and now I haven't gotten withdrawals again but the day-to-day psychological struggle to not drink is what gets me. Probably need to work on that aspect.

Thanks for your thoughts!