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If you want to stop drinking or using drugs but find this difficult because of withdrawal symptoms, a medically assisted home detox can help you to come off alcohol more safely and comfortably. A home detox (detoxification) allows you to do this from home rather than being admitted to hospital. In the past, people were commonly admitted to hospital for a detox, but the introduction of effective drug and psychological treatments means that this is no longer necessary for most people with alcohol dependence. A home detox is a way of helping someone through the initial stages of stopping drinking without admitting them to hospital.
When people drink heavily, the body can become accustomed to the presence of alcohol so much that it comes to depend on it to function normally. This physical dependence means that when the blood alcohol level falls it complains in the form of withdrawal symptoms.
Withdrawal symptoms can be very distressing and drinking alcohol may seem a very reliable way of preventing them, however this creates a vicious circle where the drinking to relieve withdrawal symptoms makes the body more dependant on alcohol and therefore more at risk of withdrawal symptoms.
With a home detox you break the cycle by getting through the withdrawal phase without having a drink. This allows your body to adjust to being alcohol free. This adjustment period usual takes about 7- 10 days for alcohol and up to 14 days for opiates, during this time medication will be given by your live in 1-1 detox clinical nurse specialist to reduce the withdrawal symptoms to tolerable levels.
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