thanks very much for the posting. I'm copying this here as I think I was in the wrong post. Bad day. I'm deep in the thick of it, day 1 of tapering off alcohol, from a bottle of Absolute (this nice big litre bottles). I've just registered on here now, because I'm in the hopeless, pathetic phase and feeling very sad and lonely. I'm 38, female, been a drinker for many years, and of a small frame, so you can imagine the damage I've done to myself. And in my 'baby making years' which is also heartbreaking. My lovely partner has ended it, too much damage done, as I've put him through hell for years now. I went to rehab here in England, at Christmas, but apparently that wasn't my bottom. But I absolutely believe tapering is best. I'm on day one, climbing the walls, really sick. Trying to drink water, but not holding it down. The horror stories I can tell you would shock you. I used to be so beautiful (well that's what I was told, lol) but now I feel and look 1000 years old. Anyway, I somehow managed to make my way to a Drug and Alcohol clinic this am, after downing 1 1/2 absolutes yesterday, and the GM of the hotel we're at, had to call the (ex)partner at work, to say I was found passed out on the wrong floor, after trying to get into a room I thought was mine!? Shocking. Sorry for the long message! I just wanted to ask, could you recommend a taper schedule for me? Today the clinic (I'm lucky, all healthcare/hospitals are free here) but the doctor has given me a sort of outpatient thing for me, and she insisted that I taper, they all did. Today, I'm just hurting, and I'm taking shots of vodka, to keep the shakes at bay. But from tomorrow, I'd like to make a more scheduled taper. Any recommendations? I prefer not switch to beer, as was suggested, but have a proper vodka taper. There's this thing here called SMART Uk recovery, if you wanted to google, but they're all about tapering. These British doctors are way too strict about giving out the good meds, lol! Anyway, thanks again. I promise I'm not usually this long winded! Dire straights I guess. I hope to hear back, from anyone, soon.