[Tazman53]

Ken being scared is normal, I was scared crapless before I went into detox!!!

What I was scared of the most was sobriety!!!!

I had not functioned as a sober person for so many years I did not know how to do it!!!

The folks in AA and the steps led me to find my HP whom I call God.

The folks in AA, God, and the steps have shown me how to live life on lifes terms one day at a time sober and free!!!

I was far more scared of after detox then I was of detox!

For me the mind games were far worse then detox or reality, the Beast (My alcoholism) kept giving me every excuse and fear under the sun to not even bother with detox, just total BS like "I will be wasting my time going through detox because I am going to fail.", "My drinking really is not that bad as long as I control it!!!".

Here was the best one "What if I die detoxing?", in reality a slow alcoholic death makes dying from detox seem like a walk in the park and if I was being medically detoxed the chances were pretty slim I would die from it.

Once I started to actually detox it was more like being in a fog, there was no pain at all, this was due to being medically detoxed. Heck I am not sure what all they gave me, but I had no real fears once I got started.

Just keep in mind that alcoholism KILLS and usually before it kills one, it makes sure you suffer through the lose of everything you hold dear in life including ones very soul.