Yes, I began to get these when I was about 39 years old. It got to the point where my left arm would lose some coordination. This did not go away until I stopped drinking for a significant period of time.

The left arm problems are now gone (since my original detox). The chestpains or pounding heart have come back whenever I've decided to drink again. I think that your central nervous system has trouble bouncing back to normal after ingesting alcohol (which is a depressant). Sort of a boomerang effect.

YEa, its weird for sure.

Its only when i go on benders, 2-3 days. i can drink once a week and i am fine.

it aint the nerves in your body, it is your heart. Sounds like severe hypertension. Get it checked out before you stroke out.

Good point JoeTex, have you checked your blood pressure? Mine was in the process of going up when this started to happen to me. It's one of the side effects of alcohol.

It's really a sign that your body doesn't want you going on these benders anymore.

I've been to the doctor for it a number of times, everything checks out.

it's not my heart, I know that, it is just weird.

Forget about the drinking, I just need to eat healthier, PERIOD.

if im not drinking, im eating and if im not doing either of the two, im climbing the walls.

i need to eat better, period, and a lot of things would change

True about healthy living, but I'm telling you that alcohol eventually did the same thing to me - esepcially after drinking mutiple days in a row. What is your Blood Pressure? Do you feel the pains right now? If so, go check your blood pressure and see where it is at this time.

My blood pressure has always been a bit high....jumps from 120/80 to 145/93.

when i quit drinking for a month, and lost about 20 lbs it leveled out really quick.

i jus need to quit the shit totally for now, but is so damn hard.

if i had a heart attack or stroke thatd probably wake me up if it didnt kill me.

i use to have all kinds of scares with these chest pains and stuff like this, go to the ER, they'd clear me and id be on my way.

stuff would last 2-3 days then leave. i really think it is my acid reflux, but why not just quit drinking and not deal with it?

im a mess all around on the health front, what kills me is i use to give a shit, now i dont, not at all.

went from 6' 210 solid, to about 6'240 and not so solid, pisses me off, but keep doing what im doing

The higher BP gets to you more as you age. The alcohol definitely aggravates it. I used to think I was safe because I was in good shape- I run 4-5 miles every day, and do other stuff too. I even did this when I was drinking. I still got to a point where booze really messed it up though.

Jacker, I hear ya, beer messes everything up.

It stops when I drink, although Im not sure if it stops, or i just numb it.

could it be some kind of withdrawal?

I need to take my blood pressure, i will stop by the local pharmacy on the way home and take it, hell, i may buy a pressure machine.

I bought a BP machine for home, and I take it at various times to see where I stand. Yeah, it goes away when you drink, but will come back with a vengence as you get sober. I never used to have this issue till I got a little older.

Gunth:

I seen one, they did the barrum swallow, ultra-sound, etc....everything checked out good.

I think it is some kind of acid reflux.

i know the cure, its just doing it

Did the scope thing too! HA, i just think i am a hypachondriac(sp)

What is barrets syndrome?

I hated this. It ws directly relational to the amount of booze down my gullet. No booze, no pain. Booze, much pain! Guess it was my body saying "chill" because that is the only time I have experienced this.

My BP was waaaaaaaaaaayyyy high from drinking and would be outrageous when I'd stop for any period. Ended up at the hospital almost stroking out, literally. Chest pains, erratic heart beat and high BP for 13 hours scared me into thinking I was having a heart attack but the ER people assured me that no, I was in the fatal stroke range instead! Also got headaches, pounding ears really bad and a severe sharp pain on each side of my esophagus where my arteries are. Freaky.

Gee, stop drinking altogether and I'm now off my BP meds.