I was a raging drunk for about 7 years. After an ER visit, I had my "rock bottom / moment of clarity" and decided I would quit. Right then and there. Told the hospital doctor, he sent me home with a generous supply Librium. At that time I didn't have much of a benzo tolerance, so the Librium was very effective. It was a pretty painless detox/WD from alcohol. Haven't had a drink since that time, about 5 years clean.
Now, I haven't experienced an alcohol withdrawal without a comfort med, but from my understanding, it's brutal beyond words.
I've gone through opiate WD's more times than I can count. For me, at least, they're not as horrendous as I've seen described by others, at least physically. But mentally... that's where it gets me. While I was able to walk away from booze without a second though, I can't walk away from opiates. I keep on turning around, back into the warm embrace of opiates.
Sooooo for me, at least.. while neither WD's have been horrible, opiate WD is the "worst" in the sense that it's the substance I can't quit no matter how much I want to and know I need to.
Now, I haven't experienced an alcohol withdrawal without a comfort med, but from my understanding, it's brutal beyond words.
I've gone through opiate WD's more times than I can count. For me, at least, they're not as horrendous as I've seen described by others, at least physically. But mentally... that's where it gets me. While I was able to walk away from booze without a second though, I can't walk away from opiates. I keep on turning around, back into the warm embrace of opiates.
Sooooo for me, at least.. while neither WD's have been horrible, opiate WD is the "worst" in the sense that it's the substance I can't quit no matter how much I want to and know I need to.