Symptoms	Time of appearance after cessation of alcohol use
Minor withdrawal symptoms: insomnia, tremulousness, mildanxiety, gastrointestinal upset, headache, diaphoresis, palpitations, anorexia	6 to 12 hours
Alcoholic hallucinosis: visual, auditory, or tactile hallucinations	12 to 24 hours*
Withdrawal seizures: generalized tonic-clonic seizures	24 to 48 hours†
Alcohol withdrawal delirium (delirium tremens): hallucinations (predominately visual), disorientation, tachycardia, hypertension, low-grade fever, agitation, diaphoresis	48 to 72 hours‡