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Please try to identify triggers that disrupt you, for some it's family tension, for others, well who knows.
Allow yourself to eat something instead.
Be mindful that any amount is too much.
I could go on, I don't want to preach, just do what your body and soul are telling you to do and knock it off.
withdrawal can be dangerous, given multiple indiv. factors.
If it gets too high, you need to seek help.
3rd and 4th day are usually the toughest.
Ya know, in all my years in Sub. Abuse Treatment work, the single most common issue that clients identified was
"boredom".
what they meant was when they did have nothing to occupy their minds, they tended to sit around and worry and get anxious and restless.
Which is a problem that gets addressed in the recovery phase.
You have taken the biggest step, in that you recognized you were in a drinking pattern that is problamatic for you.
And that having withdrawals is indeed a sign of dependence.
I am SO wishing you luck.
However, quantum physics suggests there is no past, only future.... 
on the outside it says:
Happy Zen birthday..
there is no past
there is no furture
and on the inside it says:
"there is no present".
as is the nervous energy.
they will pass, but not quickly without medical intervention. I think it was a few weeks before i started sleeping again for any length of time.
you have done a lot already Tav, this is just the next thing. look for online real time sobriety communities. In the Rooms is a good one, deals with all the 'isms' ( http://www.intherooms.com/ )
the worst of it is the first 72 hours, so you're almost home.
hang in there, reach out, take it a heartbeat at a time.
edit to add, eat some sugar. candy, ice cream, cake anything with real sugar. it will help a LOT with the cravings.
see my edit.
sugar REALLY helps the jitters.
Fear, Fellowship and a high sugar diet kept me sober the first 3 months I think.
21 years (and 25 pounds) later, i'm still sober 
