I had a health scare on the 4th of July 2020 where I had horrible vertigo and nystagmus (eyes rolling from side to side uncontrollably), I was taken to the hospital and had all the tests done to make sure it wasn’t a heart attack or stroke, and once I was out, every night afterwards for what seemed an eternity, I was so scared of feeling that again that I had small anxiety attacks and could not stop trembling and it took me a while to calm down and fall asleep. After that, I swore off alcohol completely, the very little tobacco I would smoke, basically everything that could harm my body in any way. I’m no health nut by any measure but I do eat healthier and I’m even exercising. I’m still not sure what caused or exacerbated the vertigo (I had melatonin and a bit of alcohol the night before but I also got an ear infection), but it scared me straight regardless.