Homeworker,
When I detoxed (3 times total) I could never do any "normal" things such as some of the things you mentioned - ironing, running, keeping generally busy - for at least 4 or 5 days. I was too busy with acute alcohol withdrawal - vomiting, headaches, chills and sweats, heart arrhythmia, high blood pressure, minor convulsions, auditory hallucinations, etc.
Have you ever detoxed before and experienced withdrawal symptoms, and it is different while fasting? Or is the detox the same as your prior experience(s) only you are fasting?