Detoxing and Recovering from Alcohol
Why Help Matters
Why Alcohol Use Disorder Requires Professional Treatment and Support
While other drugs may grab most of the media attention, more people abuse alcohol than any other drug. In fact, nearly 15 million people have alcohol use disorder, and nearly a quarter of all Americans report they had at least one binge-drinking episode during the previous year. More people die from alcohol abuse than any other drug as well. However, if you are an alcoholic, there is help. You can free yourself from this addiction and start making a better life for yourself as well as the people who love you. Here is some more information about detoxing and recovery from alcohol addiction.
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What Does Detoxing from Alcohol Look Like?
Studies consistently show that individuals who stick with a comprehensive treataCutting alcohol out of your life is not as easy as it sounds initially. In fact, the longer you have abused alcohol, and the more alcohol you drink, the more likely you are to have physical withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms can include headache, nausea, sweating, inability to sleep, and vomiting.ment plan, especially one that includes both medication and therapy, experience fewer and shorter mood episodes, improved relationships and work performance, and a better overall quality of life.
However, if you have been using a lot of alcohol or you have been an alcoholic for a long time, you may have more serious withdrawal symptoms, such as seizures and hallucinations, often referred to as delirium tremens (DTs). If you have concerns about withdrawing from alcohol, you may want to detox under a doctor’s care. Doctors can monitor you while you are detoxing from alcohol and give you medication to support you during the detox process.
Life After Detox
What Happens After Detoxing from Alcohol?
For most people who do not have severe addiction symptoms, alcohol withdrawal takes between one week and two weeks. After your body is over the side effects of withdrawal, you are ready to enter the treatment phase for alcohol addiction. While detoxing from alcohol takes a short time, treatment for alcohol addiction is a lifelong process.
If you know that alcohol addiction is a chronic, lifelong disease, you also know that your approach to treatment needs to be from a perspective that you are moving along a path toward healing.
Many physicians advocate inpatient treatment for alcohol addiction because recovery is not only a continuous process but also a lifelong one. People in recovery need connections with others outside the treatment facility as well as in treatment. Often, alcoholics feel they are isolated and end up struggling through their addiction alone.
However, treatment centers allow alcoholics to connect with other people on the same journey to sobriety. Inpatient treatment centers offer between a 30-90 day program of group therapy, individual therapy, and strategies for managing life without alcohol.
Commitment to Change
Alcohol Recovery Treatment Starts with Making the Choice to Recover
Deciding to get treatment for alcohol use disorder is a great place to start on the pathway to a new life. If you are ready to focus on your health, make lifelong friends, reacquaint yourself with your family, and find new ways to manage your stress, take a look at what SCA Recovery can offer. We have treatment centers that are client-focused. You won’t be going through your detox or your recovery alone; in fact, you’ll have a team of people focused on you and your needs throughout your treatment. We offer you a chance to relax by the pool or hot tub, meditate, hike mountain trails, attend an art therapy group or practice yoga. Best of all, SCA Recovery knows that recovery is lifelong. We welcome alumni to attend weekly meetings at our facilities in the Los Angeles area as well as participate in recreational activities with others on the same journey. We even have social functions, so you can learn how to have a good time free of alcohol.
Let SCA Recovery Help with Your Alcohol Recovery Journey
When you’re ready to take that next step toward a new, purposeful life, we can help. Reach out to us at SCA Recovery today and let us help you get started.