What is Detox Treatment?
Detox treatment refers to the process of breaking your addiction to alcohol and drugs. There are different ways to detox but the ultimate goal is to break your body's physical dependence on a substance that is harmful.
How Does Detox Work?
It depends on how you do it. Some quit drinking and using drugs "cold turkey" or completely and abruptly. Others choose to detox treatment slowly by weaning themselves off of their drug of dependence and still others undergo a medical detox. The process of detox treatment is your body ridding itself of all the toxins that have been stored up over years of addiction. Most people feel ill during this time and experience withdrawal symptoms that range from mild to intense depending upon the severity of addiction. All of these ultimately end with your body being completely free of physical dependence upon your substance of choice.
What is a "Cold Turkey" Detox?
For this type of successful detox treatment , you must refrain from using any amount of drugs or alcohol even if you experience physical withdrawal symptoms due to your body's dependence. Going from high doses of drugs and alcohol to no substances whatsoever can be difficult to endure, so a "cold turkey" detox is not usually recommended.
What is a Medical Detox?
A medical detox is another way of ridding yourself of the toxin buildup brought on by extended use of drugs and alcohol but with the assistance of prescription medication to ease the withdrawal symptoms. The medications vary depending upon the withdrawal symptoms that you experience and may also change according to the substance of addiction. For example, a heroin addict may choose to detox medically by using buprenorphine or methadone maintenance and slowly decreasing the medication until she is free from addiction. Withdrawal symptoms will still be experienced but nowhere near as intense as it would be without medication. At The Fresh Start Private, you may be prescribed medication to help you sleep if you have insomnia, ease bone and muscle pain if you are achy, or help your nausea subside if you are sick to your stomach.
What is the Best Way to Detox?
The best way to detox treatment is under the supervision of a medical professional, preferably in an inpatient treatment center like Fresh Start Private with lots of healthy food and therapeutic support.
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