Benzos away!

[cardsandchips]

Hi everyone,

To make a 10 year story short here it is:

40 years of drinking beer, 10 years (off and on) of Xanax abuse.
Currently tapering quickly from Xanax to Valium and then a fast Valium taper to become Benzo free forever.

This is day # 28 of my taper. 4 weeks ago I was taking 4-6 mg Xanax daily and drinking 12+ beers every 24 hours.
I am now Xanax free (I disposed of almost 100 of them), I am down to 3 beers in a 24 hour period, and I am now doing a fast Valium taper.

This is a link to the schedule that I am using as a guidline but I have been taking many shortcuts with minimal w/d symptoms : http://www.non-benzodiazepines.org.uk/alprazolam.html
Here is my journal of the cuts that I have been making. Once I make a cut I never updose.

12/12- 4/24/13 4 mg Xanax
4/25/13 Cut .5mg (all cuts are divided into 4 dosages taken every 6 hours).
4/29/13 Cut.25 mg
4/30/13 Cut .25 mg
5/3/13 cut .25 mg
5/4/13 cut .25 mg
5/7/13 cut .25 mg
5/8/13 cut .25 mg
5/11/13 cut .25 mg
5/12/13 cut .25 mg
5/15/13 Starting c/o to Valium
1 mg Xanax+10mg Valium
5/18/13 .5 mg Xanax+20mg Valium
5/21/13 Xanax free/ now for a fast Valium taper.
30mg Valium (feeling great)...still have a long way to go but failure is not an option.

 

[Vladamirr]

hmmm i feel like this should be closed BUT
Good job tapering, just to give you a time frame.
Most persription drugs take ~ 30 days to fully function.
You may want to slow your taper down a bit to make the touch down sober point feel less horrible.

 

[stormyskier]

Welcome to Bl from another newbie!!