Good news but need taper advise

Hi all, I gave my husband an ultimatum on Friday night in an extremely angry phonecall. I am usually calm but lost it as I had a difficult week bargaining with council and banking officals about our house which is firm danger of repossession and also my 8 year old daughter had been really sad and crying in school because Daddy has been gone for the last 4 months and living with his parents over 200 miles away. He left to continue his addiction and abandon the guilt and responsibility of seeing me and the children distressed because of his behaviour. Since then, he said he was waiting for treatment and I know that if he had told the hospital here or where he is was staying that he was suicidal, he would have been admitted immediately. However he opted to wait and stay in the environment where he grew up, where he became an addict and continue to use. I told him he had 1 week to end this situation and get treatment or else we were through forever. He returned home last night and is going to get an apartment tomorrow and then get treated here by taking whatever steps he needs to, so that he will be given priority because 3 children's emotional wellbeing have been affected as well as his own, therefore he needs rehab asap. He says he only has 23 Tramadol and nothing else and as his doctor here will not give him anymore he needs to taper what he has over the next few days to last until the weekend when he will be admitted. He is currently down to 8. Should he go 7 today, 6 tomorrow, five the next day and so on until they are gone? any suggestions please or advise on other meds that will make come down easier for him.  He has also been abusing OTC painkillers and cough bottles as well as some Fentanyl patches. Many thanks, God bless

[avisg]

OH boy 23 pills is not going to help much the tramadol can cause sezuires not to mention he has been on all of this other stuff .I would suggest he consults with a doctor tell him what going on and they should be able to make a plan so he wont go into full WD before next weekend.

[Kova]

wow, good for you.  sometimes you really do have to take a strong stand!  i don't know anything about trams so i cannot offer any advice on that, but i think what you did is great.

love and light,
Kova

[Clamity2]

You will be answered about the taper advise. I don't know.

But for you be sure to go to meetings. YOU will need help with the issues YOU have accuired from living with an addict. The alanon meetings provide alot of help to family members of alcoholics(addicts also use A.A if no N.A is available)  and some towns also have the narcotics equal of alanon.  
Tell husband about this forum it will be a big help.