Re:A drug that cures alcoholism may be the next anti-anxiety...
by zafka on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:55AM
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Ok. I think we are on the same page. I have never seen a detox death either. I have heard that benzo's are the hardest to withdraw from, and it does sound pretty frightening. For a lot of alcoholics the hardest thing to quit is nicotine. The really scary cases are the folks who start taking Valium to keep from shaking until they start drinking.
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Re:A drug that cures alcoholism may be the next anti-anxiety...
by ChrisMarshallNY on Sunday April 17, 2022 @12:26PM
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> The really scary cases are the folks who start taking Valium to keep from shaking until they start drinking.
Knew someone that came off a 17-year Valium addiction.
Took them a year and a half to stop hallucinating, and three years, to get a full night's sleep.
They're still around (40 years later), and doing great.