The Dr.'s tapering plan sounds like torture. It's kind of like when I quit smoking I was using the nicotine lozenges. I read the plan and it said to use them over a 12 week period progressively getting less. I just stopped using them after 4 days and got it over with. Alcohol is a obviously a much different beast and with withdrawals that can cause death... I thought they prescribed meds for people who wanted to detox?