Saved my life I was held in detox for 18 days -- yes,detox, not rehab. It was clear to the staff that if they had released me any sooner I would have had a drink on the way home. (This is LONG ago; 28-day rehabs were not big yet.) Every alcoholic knows that "morning resolve": That's it, I'm putting my foot down, I'm not drinking today." As the day wore on, though, that motivation would flag. Antabuse helped me to leverage that motivation: I took it when I was sincerely motivated, in the morning, and then later, when I wanted to, I couldn't. It worked. I haven't had a drink in almost 26 years.