ahh another one of these rich addicts who no nothing about the true pain and suffering of an addiction.
to answer your question- expect some pretty bad depression that will last for a very long time, random hot/cold flashes, insomnia, and heavy cravings.
Hey enough of that bullshit, seriously. I will not stand for any member on this site talking shit about another persons addiction no matter their station in life. You are no better than he is and you don't know what struggles he goes through on a daily basis. Same shit happened to me when I was in the military, somehow I was expected to just fucking deal with pain mentally even though when I got out and the VA had a look at my charts I came back with a hefty amount of disability. I am going to be a very damaged individual for the rest of my life. Soldiers are people too, just like bankers are people as well. Addiction is addiction and I will not have people going around and downplaying another addiction just because you think money makes everything better, like some how all his problems in life magically go away or are not as important as the rest of ours just because he works hard to support his family. I hate bullshit attitudes like this.
OP, my advice to you is if you want to do this covertly you are going to have to fucking commit, I am not talking about saying you will do it and having every intention but when push comes to shove you say one more time wont hurt. NO, it WILL hurt, and you will be slapping your family directly in the face every time you take the easy way out. Get yourself on a taper. You do not need to go so fast that you risk relapsing because of the pain of WD but not so long that it really just turns into a game of how long can I make this last. Then once you are off you will need to do your very best to attend some AA or NA meetings, they are anonymous and you will need some help, you can not do this completely by yourself.
If you are going to do this without the help of a psych or a rehab then you need to find some kind of sober support network that is there for you when you are feeling week, bluelight is a great secondary protocol but it will not help you when you are staring at some pills you found on the floor of your house that you lost months ago and are thinking it wont hurt. That is when you are going to need to call your sponsor to talk you down. Now since lies ruined my marriage I would suggest that once you are clean and you have started to go to some meeting you fill your wife in on what happened and what steps you took to nip it in the bud. That way she can support you too, as long as your wife truly loves you she should have no problem hearing you had a problem but did what needed to be done to fix it.
You know yourself and your family better than I do so tweak that information as it applies to you but don't try to do this alone and please don't try to hide it from your family for too long someone WILL find out. It is better to be honest and tell her than her find out about it because you got clumsy and left something sitting around. Also, as I am sure you already know, the more you lie the worse off you get.
Please for your own sake as well as your families get help and remember bluelight is here to help, PLEASE message me ANYTIME you need something I would be more than happy to do anything in my power to try to help you keep your marriage together. I was divorced because of drugs, and it was the most painful thing I have ever been through.