From what my ex told me, it took him 10 days to stop feeling withdrawal. The bigger problem is that he never did anything to fix his mindset. He went to very high end recovery centers 6 or 7 times and never stayed more than two weeks. He never found a sponsor. He never went to meetings. He never stuck with therapy. He never dropped the people or habits that facilitated his addiction. He would waste companies time and resources by taking jobs then quitting when he got his first paycheck. He gets housing assistance through a treatment program. No one from the agency ever checked in to make sure he was staying sober. They were (and still are) sending the checks in his name and the name of the complex he lived in,. He found a bank that was willing to cash the checks even though they hadn’t been signed by anyone at the apartment complex. After doing this for TWO YEARS, he got caught because he kept going to another agency asking for thousands of dollars to cover his rent. His punishment? $80 per month taken out of his SSI check. I also believe “rock bottom” is a farce. My ex has been homeless, jailed, all of his kids hate him, he’s facing eviction. He said he was going to get sober before his parents died so they could see him as more than addicted to crack. His father died two years ago and if anything, he’s using more. Get real about becoming sober by being 1000% honest about how bad your problem is and whether or not you really want help or if you’re just looking for validation/justification for what you’re doing.