That was literally my plan treacle, this benzo discussion is relevant to alcohol withdrawal. I had planned to use etizolam to stay off alcohol, my real issue at the time. I got it, and the little bastards proved to be euphoric to me, and crushed my desire to drink. I drank only once during my benzo habit. Great success I thought . Soon I needed more though, and the euphoria left at any dose. So, I researched and found clonazolam. It was the only benzo I ever took that was euphoric, it was very much so I found. Like in a heavy opiate way but even better. I just started chasing the high, taking more and more. It went realllly bad in the end. It was nothing like Xanax even, I never found that drug euphoric at all just very useful like you said. Clonazepam was even better, again no euphoria but nice and calm, no anxiety, no compulsive redosing, 2 mg. was great for the whole day. Killed my desire to drink. However, never tried to get these legit benzos because I assumed it would be a nightmare and also, I figured no doc would give me a benzo to replace alcohol even though it did work very well, the legit one clonazepam is all I ever felt was safe and that I took without abusing. Even with no euphoria, I've seen many alcoholics go bananas on Xanax and end up with a huge habit , and end up just potentiating alcohol with two habits instead of one, that adds up to one very lethal habit. I mean, I saw this alot growing up in adult friends of family. I wish a doctor had been open to me trying clonazepam years ago for drink, I really just drank to kill anxiety anyway. I tried once, and they were like no way almost laughing at me. I got a shitty toxic ssri instead, which literally made me sick paxil was a horrible drug. Electric shocks, insomnia,no idea how that poison is positive for anyone. I'm not really that anxious anymore though , alcohol flipped on me years ago it produces nothing but severe anxiety in me now, and very irresponsible behavior. So now, I get to have nothing. Trying to deal with hangovers, get benzos, take too much try to act straight, lose jobs, friends, health problems, hmmmm. I am very convinced now I need none of it anymore. Drug and alcohol problems are the source of my anxiety, so more benzes are not going to do anything for me. At one time though it would have kept me from self medicating with alcohol, a way shitty way to live.
