Alcohol recovery timeline

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  1. Hour 1 Blood alcohol begins falling
  2. Hour 8 Glutamate surge begins
  3. Hour 15 First sleep is fragmented
  4. Hour 23 Anxiety peaks; the bottom
  5. Day 1 Cortisol normalizes
  6. Day 3 Acute withdrawal window closes
  7. Day 4 GABA receptors upregulate
  8. Day 5 Dopamine baseline recalibrating
  9. Day 9 Liver enzymes start normalizing
  10. Day 18 The relaxation illusion breaks
  11. Day 27 REM sleep stabilizes
  12. Day 39 Hippocampus volume measurably up
  13. Day 60 Blood pressure shifts
  14. Day 90 Liver fat down ~30%
  15. Day 180 Visceral fat reduction
  16. Day 187 Identity reframe begins in earnest
  17. Day 365 Cancer-risk markers drop
  18. Day 395 Reward circuitry rewired
  19. Day 730 Most measurable risks normalize