Alcohol Detoxification

Our Alcohol Detox program ensures you’ll be safe and comfortable when you come to treatment.

Alcohol detoxification (alcohol detox) is the first step to gaining freedom from alcohol and its consequences.

For someone that suddenly stops drinking, there can be all sorts of uncomfortable emotional and physical symptoms, including cravings, anxiety, tremors, fever, and seizures.

Thanks to the advances in the medical treatment of alcoholism, our professionally trained medical and clinical staff helps you detox from alcohol safely and effectively. We provide 24-hour medical monitoring, medication management, and supportive counseling throughout the day.

During alcohol detox, we give you medications to alleviate withdrawal symptoms.

Our physicians will continuously evaluate your alcohol detox in order to determine the treatment and medications that are most suitable for your condition. Most of our patients report being “comfortable” or “very comfortable” while going through the alcohol detoxification process. Primary medications that are typically used include barbiturates and benzodiazepines. We also provide medications to stabilize cardiac status and help with physical and mental withdrawal symptoms.

To stop drinking without a medical alcohol detox is dangerous.

Alcohol functions as a depressant in the brain. When you suddenly stop drinking, the brain becomes overly stimulated, which in turn stimulates the body. Without a proper alcohol detox, this stimulation leads to the following alcohol detox symptoms:

• Cravings	• Anxiety	• Insomnia
• Irritability	• Diarrhea	• Nausea
• Vomitting	• Muscle cramping	• Sweating
• Tremors	• Cardiac instability	• Seizures
• Hallucinations	• Delusions	• Fatigue
• Confusion	• Nightmares	• Mood instability
• Loss of appetite	• Dilated pupils	• Emotional changes

Severe alcohol withdrawal may manifest as confusion and hallucinations with agitation, fever, convulsions, and severe cardiac instability. If this severe state continues without medical intervention it could result in the appearance of Delirium Tremens, which is sometimes fatal.

Don’t let the fear of withdrawal stop you.

Alcohol withdrawal can be particularly difficult and dangerous for a heavy drinker. Because of the fear of withdrawal, many alcoholics continue to drink and destroy the lives they have built, with their loved ones helplessly watching. You do not have to continue losing your health and your dignity.

A proper alcohol detox now can prevent subsequent severe withdrawal symptoms should a patient relapse, as well as lead to a longer period of abstinence.

If you have any questions about our alcohol detox, or if you need help or advice about a drug or alcohol problem, you can call our free Addiction Helpline, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at 1-800-884-1727. You can also reach our Helpline by using Live Chat or through our Contact Us form.