One can find themselves dependent upon either alcohol or drugs that begins with a process of long nights out with friends or the use of opiates provided to overcome surgeries or injuries. Within a quick period of time, the frequency of these events become a necessity to use these substances on a regular basis. Alcohol or drugs may have begun as the instrument or social buffer to be comfortable in your own skin or ease the pain from the mental or physical pain that these substances bring.
Regardless of the reason for the individual to use, they may find themselves in the grasp of addiction, which can control and keep you on an endless circle of numbing yourself to the world and dealing with all of your problems. Today’s rehabilitation facilities know that the road to sustained recovery is a multi-faceted approach to place the patient in a stable position to benefit from ongoing counseling, support of friends and family, established support groups (AA) and self-confidence and awareness of personal triggers to maintain a new lifestyle free of addiction. The goal is to give each individual tools they can use in the real world instead of going back to their drug of choice.
Medical Supervision
One of the hurdles to entering and beginning an alcohol and or drug rehabilitation program is the prospect of detox. Every addict will fear the unknown or the thought of being sober forever. Detox can be a severe and medically significant experience if not properly supervised. The image often in people’s minds is that provided by Hollywood of agonizing and potentially deadly detoxification experienced alone.
Today medically supervised detox can allow people a much more tolerable detox experience and can put them in a place free of physical pain to deal with the psychological and emotional issues of addiction. The dangers of alcohol and drug detox are real and should never be attempted alone. Getting clean from alcohol and drugs require supervision and medical assistance. Some medical professionals believe that medically supervised detox is needed to give someone a fresh start to recovery.
Medical professionals who specialize in detox can minimize the effects and help to severely minimize the health risks.
Alcohol detox is often referred to as the “alcohol withdrawal syndrome.” Symptoms can linger for days and sometimes longer(Symptoms can depend on the period of time the individual has used). These may include; hallucinations, nausea, trembling, anxiety, mood swings, severe headache, increased blood pressure, seizures, fever, sweating and cardiovascular failure.
Medically supervised detox can reduce the risk of the most severe of these symptoms, through both directed counseling, therapy as well as medications to manage symptoms. It can make the transition to recovery much more manageable.
Once the physical claim that alcohol and drugs have on a person’s physical and emotional being is broken then one can really clearly begin to participate in a professional program directed toward giving someone the skills and understanding to maintain a life free of addiction. The road to recovery is a long one and medical detox is what is needed for someone to have a successful start.
Asana Recovery is a world-class treatment facility offering residential treatment for addiction. If you are concerned about addiction, please contact one of our caring admissions counselors today 949-438-4505.
