Amanda, my friend's addiction doctor told him Ativan was like powdered alcohol. Drinking while on it was like having 4-5 alcohol drinks when you just had 1. That would make it easy to have a dual addiction. This was 25 years ago, but he was put in a hospital to go through detox because medical monitoring was necessary. He said somebody in the hospital had seizures with a cold-turkey withdrawal, low dose withdrawal. They may know much more now about withdrawing. That was years ago. I think there were some doctors prescribing Ativan to patients when it wasn't a wise choice for anxiety, and depression. Find a Specialist, is my recommendation. You can do this.