My family thinks i need to go to rehab. Bad idea

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The rehabs ate telling them they treat benzo withdrawals.  How can i explain to them this is bad bad bad

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The rehabs ate telling them they treat benzo withdrawals.  How can i explain to them this is bad bad bad

 

 

Is the drinking worth going for?

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what do you mean?  they want me to go to get off K

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The rehabs ate telling them they treat benzo withdrawals.  How can i explain to them this is bad bad bad

 

 

Is the drinking worth going for?

 

I think he has the alcohol thing under control. 

 

"Im  a recovering alcoholic for 4 years"

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Ill take a stab with the usual disclaimer I'm a new BB, not a doctor etc. Looking at my history in my signature I will also say rehab saved my life in 2000 and got me on the path where I had 9 years totally clean and sober to build a career and life. That's why I'm posting this from home and not a jail cell, or more likely not posting because I would have died.

 

From your sig it sounds like you already quit drinking so Ill skip that.

 

During my relapse in 2009-2010 I looked into walking away from my job and going to rehab. I had a hard time finding one because benzo is a medical detox (meaning its one of the few drugs that can kill you if you stop cold turkey) and it turns out there are very few rehabs who will take you. Unlike most doctors the detox and rehab facilities know they aren't qualified to treat this. I decided to take the outpatient route and have been able to maintain a good career and life while slowly weaning off the crutches. It has been the lesser evil, and despite hitting tolerance withdrawal I have had some great and super productive years even on the meds when they were still working.

 

After spending way too many hours reading forums and looking back at my own history the only safe way to get off a benzo is a long slow taper for most people, once you have been on one for a long period of time. Most of the horror stories of protracted withdrawals seem to be people who either got cut off abruptly or taper too fast. There are lots of stories about this but I'm not finding much about doctors who really get it other than than Ashton manual. So maybe ask them to read that and they will understand and respect it better than smiley76 random internet guy going through the same thing?

 

 

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realistically, I don't think a detox center would even take you at .125 mg of klonopin.  I have seen people who tried to go to detox for 1 or 2mg, and they were told their doses were too low.  I am sure there are some detox places that will take you (because as a paying client, if they have room, it only benefits them). 

 

Most detoxes only serve to keep a person from having a seizure when stopping a high dose.  Considering that .125mg klonopin will almost never cause a seizure even if cold turkeyed (unless you have a history of seizures), there is really nothing a detox could do for you.