Drug & Alcohol Detox in Show Low
What is Drug & Alcohol Detox?
Detox is the process when all the toxins of alcohol and drugs are removed from the body, ensuring that a person is physically stable and ready to start therapy. Severe or complex alcohol or drug addiction results in the body becoming accustomed to these substances in their system. When these substances are gradually reduced and removed during detox, the brain is forced to adjust to the sudden drop in these chemicals. This typically causes people to experience unpleasant withdrawal symptoms.
The detox process minimizes the negative impact of withdrawal symptoms, and allowing the experience to be as safe and as comfortable as possible. The most effective form of detox is one that is medically assisted and supported by trained specialists. This usually happens within a specialized detox facility, under the care of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Attempting to detox on your own is rarely successful making it likely that the average person will experience significant withdrawal symptoms and become unmotivated to continue down the road to abstinence.
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What happens during
DETOX from Drugs & Alcohol?
The first step in the recovery journey often begins with some level of detoxification. The purpose of detox is to tackle the physical side effects of addiction as a first step so that the patient is prepared to begin the psychological features of addiction.
By definition, detox is the process of the body ridding itself of toxic, unhealthy substances. In the instance of addiction, the addicted person will no longer feed the body with the toxins causing the body to experience withdrawal symptoms that can cause painful complications.
Understanding Drug & Alcohol
Withdrawal Symptoms
Though detoxing isn’t always necessary for you to obtain recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, the level in which you experience symptoms of withdrawal can be significantly reduced in a medically supervised environment. RecoveryWorks strongly encourages that anyone who is attempting to detox consult with their primary healthcare provider first!
It is important to understand that each person experiences detox in a unique way and that each new detox is entirely different. Withdrawal can result in a wide range of physical and psychological symptoms.
Physical withdrawal symptoms may include:
- Nausea, diarrhea and vomiting
- Shaking and shivering
- Sweating
- Runny nose
- High temperature and/or chills
- Increased heart rate
- Increased blood pressure
- Headaches
- Abdominal cramps
- Muscle and bone pain
- Exhaustion
- Vivid and unpleasant dreams
Psychological withdrawal symptoms may include:
- Irritability
- Anxiety
- Confusion
- Paranoia
- Insomnia
- Depression
- Agitation
- Inability to concentrate
- Extreme mood swings
- Intense cravings for the substance
And, the most severe withdrawal symptoms can include:
- Hallucinations
- Delirium
- Seizure