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Delirium tremens (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

About half of people with alcoholism will develop withdrawal symptoms upon reducing their use. Of these, 3% to 5% develop DTs or have seizures.

Note the fatalitiy rate of DT is 1-4%. Everything about alcoholism makes it seem so much worse than you'd pick up from societal queues

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Reading just above that statistic...

Mortality without treatment is between 15% and 40%.