Glad you shared. I went cold turkey and it was tough. I slept as much as I could, tried to keep down water or Gatorade, and eat at least something whether crackers or maybe a banana. I had a lot of withdrawal and post withdrawal symptoms from shakes to leg seizures to diarrhea to....and I thought of it as the alcohol rolling out of my body from head to toe, and it was a lot. I made spots with my drs - if you don't have health insurance you can still go to the ER- under a more usual circumstance I wouldn't say so that and just worry about a bill later, but since this can be a risky deal on our own, do it if you can't take what is happening .
The only way to break the process is to stop drinking. Nothing to calm the shakes or anything else.
Let us know how you are doing.