My first rehab..I had only been drinking for a little under two
years...but when the docs saw my medical history?
Bang! I had been taking prescribed Valium for 10 years then
switched to Xanax for another 10...
Doctors said the alcohol WD's would abate by the time I
left..(two weeks inpatient)..
However the long term chronic benzo use would have to be
slowly withdrawn by substituting Klonipin.
I took 4 tabs daily 1st month..3 the second..2 the third
and 1 the 4th. It really worked.
But I had not truly grasped my true condition as an alkie..
smoked weed as a gateway and horribly relapsed with alcohol.
Without a recovery program I was unable to live life on life's
terms...
I see nothing wrong in the use of medical support in early
recovery..as long as the recovery (program) is followed.
Love,
IO