I have been on and off benzos. M currently back on lorazepam and have been for a year or so. I have never had a problem withdrawing from zanax or lorazepam. No withdrawal side effects when doing a slow taper. I guess it's just an individual thing. For the most part I don't take it for anxiety anymore, just to help me sleep. But I think looking forward to taking a benzo as an escape method could be rather dangerous. But I have been through very heavy long depressions and they definitely aren't anything I want to go through and would feel rather desperate for relief were I to enter a prolonged one again. For me therapy is as important as medication too.