My ABF went this route the first time around and not only was it dangerous and painful (he did this at his parents home before we met) he said there were days he really thought he would die. His mom is an ER nurse so I guess he felt she could handle any emergency. Needless to day, after all that, plus 5 years sobriety he recently relapsed. He never got counseling or the tools he needed to truly fight it, he white knuckled it and it did not work. Get some help!