Apparently a study was done where people took Kava Kava while weening off of benzodiazepines. It did significantly better then placebo at reducing withdrawal symptoms. Not sure what else there is to add here but I felt like it could help someone out so I decided to make a thread and post the reference.

http://link.springer.com.../10.1007%2Fs002130100792
Efficacy of kava-kava in the treatment of non-psychotic anxiety, following pretreatment with benzodiazepines
By: U. Malsch,M. Kieser
Psychopharmacology
Volume 157, Issue 3 , pp 277-283
10.1007/s002130100792

Kava ftw thanks inmo.

It makes sense kava could reduce withdrawals from benzos, since kava interacts with the same GABA receptor sites. I'm surprised kava isn't more widely used in place of benzos, actually.