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Understanding Medically Assisted Alcohol Detox
Have you ever drank too much one night and woke up the next morning with a pounding headache, sweating, and throwing up? Yes, I’m referring to a hangover.
Essentially, the way that alcohol interacts with your brain and the rest of your body throwing your biological systems out of balance. If you continue to drink heavily over an extended period of time, then your body beings to change the way it works to adapt to alcohol consumption. You will notice that over time you can drink more and more alcohol without experiencing a hangover. We refer to this as an alcohol tolerance. However, when you stop drinking alcohol, your body does not automatically go back to its regular balance. It takes time for your brain and body to re-adjust to a non-alcohol consumed state, resulting in a number of unpleasant and potentially dangerous symptoms.
One of the most unpleasant and deterring parts of detox is the withdrawal symptoms that can accompany it. Some people prefer to take detox on in their home as it is a familiar place where they have all their personal things. Others will detox in a facility that is designed and staffed to specifically support the drug and alcohol detox process. Many detox facilities offer medically assisted detox treatment to help manage withdrawal symptoms as best as possible. In fact, this type of treatment is one of the main reasons that individuals do often choose a detox facility over at-home detox.
What Does Medical Detox Involve?
Medical detox, or medically assisted detox, is a process that uses a mix of medical means and therapy to cleanse the body of any toxic substances and to give an individual’s body and mind a clean slate as they begin their sober life. The use of medications also manages many of the symptoms the accompany detox from various drugs and alcohol. Therapy can help with developing life skills to avoid relapse and identifying any underlying mental health disorders.
Whether it is for yourself or a loved one, selecting the best drug and alcohol detox center is critical to ensuring a successful recovery for the addict. For first those entering recovery for the first time, you may be wondering what there is to consider that you aren’t thinking about. For an addict who has relapsed and is entering detox again, you may want to consider factors that you did not think about before.
Whatever the case, below is a comprehensive list of factors to consider and questions that the addict or the addict’s loved one should ask when contacting a detox facility.
How many times have you heard or said, “I can stop whenever I want to.” The question is, have you? When someone notices that they may be starting to abuse their drugs, they think they can just stop using all by themselves. This is not always the case. When addiction is involved, the problem can be much more serious. Here are the reasons why someone involved in drug abuse should seek medical attention, as opposed to relying on themselves.
Safety and Comfort
When it’s finally time to stop the drug abuse, your body goes through withdrawal. Withdrawal symptoms include: