I don't think you lose much tolerance within the week or so the acute withdrawal symptoms last. I think the danger is from relapses long after withdrawal when

I don't think you lose much tolerance within the week or so the acute withdrawal symptoms last. I think the danger is from relapses long after withdrawal when both tolerance and knowledge of the supply has been lost. In some ways, withdrawal is the easy the bit - brutal but something to fight that gets easier as time passes. The nagging empty hole in your soul with sobriety is harder to fill and drags you back.