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Just my thoughts:
Your body craves alcohol, you tricked yourself psychologically and gave it a tiny amount.
Your body did detect it and responds to that, there is a subconscious feeling off “the drug is here, now every will be ok again” but your body was expecting to get more like usual but did not, triggering worse withdrawal symptoms.
I would second this. I've gotten some pretty bad withdrawal symptoms from small amounts of alcohol after starting recovery.
Also, having gone through detox in a hospital 4 times. I can say you're in no way 100% recovered when they release you. It can take a week or more for the residual effects to fade.
Yeah this is my 5th time through detox, but only started drinking the NA beers somewhat recently to help with cravings and stuff. Never had one so early though cuz I usually don't get cravings till a couple weeks after getting sober. I'm gonna steer clear for at least a week. Thanks for your input!
Yeah I'm thinking it might be the case. And my anxiety probably fed into the perception of how bad the symptoms felt for a few. I'll be steering clear for a week. Thanks for your input
It took me months to feel right after I stopped drink