Originally Posted by
mentor5959 
1) How slowly should one taper to avoid all problems.
2) Can this be alcohol withdrawal?
3) For those of you who have been through visual hallucinations, what kind were they? Were they more imagined, full blown psychedelic images in vivid colors or something in between?
1. Tapering is a form of "control" of your drinking and very rarely effective as alcoholics cannot control their drinking by definition. Of course you'd need to decide if you are an alcoholic or not, but your post raises many, many red flags. Especially your detailed obsessions/bargaining about how much you drink and when - it's classic bargaining that most of us did at one point in our drinking careers.
2. Yes - it could be alcohol withdrawal, but you should really consult with a physician as well as it could be something else.
3. Personal experiences are not really going to be helpful to you here in diagnosing your condition - you really should speak with a health care professional to rule out other causes.