Congrats on your decision to stop drinking sunshinebaby, I would like to say waht Carol has said, see a doctor and be honest about your drinking with the doctor.
Depending upon how much and how long one has drank and thier personal health some folks need to be medically detoxed. Detoxing from alcohol can and does kill. I am not telling you this to scare you, but just to where you can do this safely. For most folks the worst of physical detox kicks in on day 3-4, for some they start having bad things like the shakes start the same day they quit. Just see a doctor to be on the safe side, the last things your kids need to see is mom getting the shakes real bad or going into DT's.
Good luck and keep in touch, there are plenty of folks around here to help you through this.