Sup Cred Forums. I posted about going on a bender last night. I'm in the hospital now. I'm going into detox and rehab...

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Nice, I did inpatient for 28 days, then stepped down what they call PHP (partial hospitalization program) where I went in M - F from morning to afternoon. Then down to outpatient where I went half a day. Being away from drinking for a few months did wonders.

BTW, for rehab make sure your insurance covers the place. Also, make yourself sound as awful as possible, with the exception of having supportive family at home, as insurance is more likely to cover longer. Also, try to get an prior bills that insurance covered as they will look at that during admission and send those off. It could sway insurance to say they would be saving money keeping you in rehab.

You will probably loaded up on benzos like Librium and Ativan during detox so you don't have a seizure.

Good luck again bro. Find what works for you and stick to it. I found SMART Recovery through rehab and still go to meeting where and there.

I would highly recommend Librium.
It chills you out and helps you sleep.

Most doctors would give you a script if you explain what you're going through.
Can't be taking other drugs or smoking pot though...they drug test you before hand.

I started having dizzy/ nausea spells even when I was sober.
I had to go to the ER. My kidneys were stage 3 out of 5. (Five is basically failure).
Drank a pint of whiskey a night for a year.(i was a pretty casual drinker before that)

You can't play around with booze because eventually your body says "fuck you"

Good luck faggot, come back better

I think doctors would be uneasy about giving a benzo type med to an alcohol abuser. I'm guessing more along the lines of Trazadone since it isn't a benzo and is not addictive.

Thanks user

I get my healthcare through the VA

And they probably won't give me benzos. I wish they would though.

I fuckin hate meetings and shit, but I might go. I have to stop. I don't want to an hero before I'm 30

OP here. They had me on Trazadone before. I stopped it because I basically slept late and woke up feeling hungover anyway. But it did work to get me to sleep.

Nah, they will give you benzos for withdrawals during detox just not a prescription. VA is good since they will be good on covering you.

You might like smart recovery. It's not religious like AA, I hate AA. It's science and evidence research based and they don't hammer that shit in about YOU HAVE TO GO TO MEETINGS. It's more about giving tools you can use.

Yeah that's what my experience was.
But they gave me a temporary script of Librium and holy fuck it helped.

They straight up tell you DO NOT DRINK while taking Librium.

It's kind of a trust thing. I went to some AA meetings. Showed my Doc my 24 hour coin. I guess he trusted me cause he gave me Librium.

Havent drank in 3 weeks.
Kidneys are looking good now.

I think my whole ER visit scared me straight.

Basically if I continue drinking I will be dead before forty...maybe sooner.

Some I'm sober as fuck now.

I might try getting a medical pot card.

I can't take pills forever and I want options for the future incase I get a booze craving

Benzodiazepines are pretty chemically similar to alcohol and how they affect the brain. It's why they give benzos for anxiety. If you take both you are doubling down on the effect and can go into respiratory arrest easily.

Yeah I new that. But it's also why it helps.

But only if you STOP drinking.

I tried to stop drinking by myself. Didn't sleep for 3 days. It didn't matter if I took a sleeping pill.

Then I got dizzy. Thought i was gonna pass out. I went full panic attack mode. Heart was pounding and I thought I was dieing.

I made it to the ER and they gave me a week supply of Librium (after giving me an IV and cleansing my body for 24 hours)

It helped so much I was emotional.
Then my Doc gave me a couple more weeks worth. (After the AA and a good conversation with him)

You get a rebound effect when you stop drinking. Suppressed glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter, skyrocket since booze isn't filling it. GABA, the inhibitory one that alcohol works on, is super underproductive due to no alcohol and doesn't work to suppress the glutamate. Your brain goes into hyperdrive.

Awesome explanation. That's exactly how I was. If I didn't drink I wouldn't sleep. It didn't matter how tired I felt.

I think some people can drink a lot and still sleep but not me.

I would occasionally drift to sleep and then jolt awake sweating my ass off.

Or have haunted house style night terrors before gasping awake. Like super vivid horror style dreams.