How addicted is SWiM really? Taper down? Need help...

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SWiM has been taking 2mg's of alprazolam every morning for maybe 4 months now, until 3 days ago when he took 20mg's of diazepam instead, and since then he has not taken anything. He is feeling bad now, he did not plan to stop using but for certain reasons he must stay clean for about 2 months.

The question however is, how dangerous is this "cold turkey"-quitting considering he has only been taking them in the morning? He is feeling very shaky and is sweating a lot right now, and quite frankly he is kind of scared. He has valium and xanax laying around but he really MUST stay off them.

He went trough benzo withdrawal before and has no problem leaving the pills alone, but he is scared. He stopped cold turkey last time from 10 mg's of clonazepam a day, but he is scared of alprazolam's shorter half-life and the possibilities of seizures and dangerous side-effects from this.

It has been 2 days without any benzo now. Should SWiM keep going like this or should he maybe taper down quickly with diazepam from now on for a few days? It's the only two options SWiM has

What should SWiM do??