Addiction
Nerve Pain and Alcohol: How Drinking Damages Your Nervous System (and What Recovery Looks Like)
If you live with burning, tingling, or stabbing pain in your feet and you also drink heavily, it’s natural to wonder if the two are connected. Many people end up searching “nerve pain alcohol” and discover a term that sounds technical but explains a lot: alcoholic neuropathy.
This guide breaks down how long-term drinking harms your nerves, what alcoholic neuropathy symptoms look like, and how treatment and recovery can protect – and sometimes partially heal – your nervous system.