Comprehensive Drug and Alcohol Rehab

Global Detox begins his acclaimed drug and alcohol treatment with a process known as medical detox, which cleanses the body of addictive chemicals and toxins in a safe, comfortable manner. His innovative approach treats alcoholism and addiction as diseases of the body and mind. He’ll work tirelessly with you to identify root causes that created your alcoholism, and also methods of combating your normal triggers. In almost no time, you’ll have the tools and resources necessary to live a happy, productive life free from alcoholism. Drug Detox in Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Broward & Dade County

Alcoholism Prvention in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol dependence, is a chronic disease in which your body becomes dependent on alcohol. When you have alcoholism, you lose control over your drinking. You may not be able to control when you drink, how much you drink, or how long you drink on each occasion. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

Alcohol addiction, the physical dependence to alcohol occurs gradually. Over time, drinking too much changes the chemical balance in your brain associated with the pleasurable aspects of drinking alcohol. Excessive, long-term drinking can affect the balance of these chemicals, causing your body to crave alcohol to restore good feelings or to avoid negative feelings. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California.

Alcoholism includes the following four symptoms:

 - Cravings, which is a strong urge or need to drink. Cravings for alcohol can be as strong as the need for food or water.
 - Loss of Control, which is not being able to stop drinking. An alcoholic will continue to drink despite serious family, health, or legal problems.
 - Physical dependence, which produces withdrawral syptoms such as sweating, shaking, nausea, and anxiety.

Tolerance, which is the need to drink more to get the same effect. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

Research shows that the risk for developing alcoholism does indeed run in families. The genes a person inherits partially explain this pattern, but lifestyle is also a factor. Your social life and the people you socialize with, the amount of stress in your life, and how readily available alcohol is also are factors that may increase your risk for alcoholism.

Research shows us that alcohol abuse is rising. Around 1 out of 6 people in the United States have some degree of a problem with alcohol.
Researchers are working to discover the actual genes that put people at risk for alcoholism. LA Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

Symptoms of Alcoholism

There are many signs and symptoms related to drinking problems. Alcoholism is considered a progressive disease, meaning that the symptoms and effects of drinking alcohol become increasingly more severe over time. People who abuse alcohol may begin to show early signs of a problem. If they continue to drink, then the symptoms progress to showing severe warning signs of alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence or alcoholism.

This description of alcoholism helps us understand why most alcoholics can’t just “use a little willpower” to stop drinking. There is frequently a powerful craving for alcohol, a need that can feel as strong as the need for food, water and survival. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

People who have alcoholism or alcohol abuse often experience:

 - Being unable to limit the amount of alcohol you drink
 - Feeling a strong need or compulsion to drink
 - Developing tolerance to alcohol so that you need an increasing amounts to feel its effects
 - Having legal problems or problems with relationships, employment or finances due to drinking
 - Drinking alone or in secret
 - Not remembering conversations or commitments, sometimes referred to as “blacking out”
 - Making a ritual of having drinks at certain times and becoming annoyed when this ritual is disturbed or questioned
 - Losing interest in activities and hobbies that used to bring you pleasure
 - Irritability when your usual drinking time nears, especially if alcohol isn’t available
 - Keeping alcohol in unlikely places at home, at work or in your car
 - Gulping drinks, ordering doubles, becoming intoxicated intentionally to feel good or drinking to feel “normal”
 - Experience personality changes and can become hostile or violent when drinking
 - Neglect physical appearance
 - Neglect to eat or eat poorly
 - Miss work or school or other commitments

Physical symptoms of alcohol dependence and alcoholism include:

 - Experiencing physical withdrawal symptoms — such as nausea, sweating and shaking — when you don’t drink
 - Memory lapses after heavy drinkingNeeding more and more alcohol to feel “drunk”
 - Alcohol-related illnesses such as alcoholic liver disease

Causes of Alcoholism

The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence states:
“Alcoholism is a primary chronic disease withgenetic, psychosocial and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug…use of alcohol despite adverse consequences and distortions in thinking, mostly denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or episodic.”

The causes of Alcoholism are difficult to pinpoint. Alcohol abuse and alcoholism cut across gender, race, and nationality. In the United States, 17.6 million people–about l in every 12 adults–abuse alcohol or are alcohol dependent. In general, more men than women are alcohol dependent or have alcohol problems. And alcohol problems are highest among young adults ages 18-29 and lowest among adults ages 65 and older. We also know that people who start drinking at an early age–for example, at age 14 or younger–are at much higher risk of developing alcohol problems at some point in their lives compared to someone who starts drinking at age 21 or after.Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

 - Men are more likely to develop alcoholism. This is hardly surprising. In many cultures men drink more than women, much more.
 - As mentioned above another cause of alcohol addiction can be drinking regularly and above moderate drinking guidelines.
 - Over time alcohol will alter brain chemistry. Most importantly, when you drink your brain produces dopamine. Dopamine makes you feel good and unfortunately your body builds up a tolerance to dopamine so you need more and more alcohol to get that feeling of pleasure. The more you drink the more chance there is of developing alcohol dependence.
 - Research supports that alcoholism and genetics go hand in hand. Studies show that if you have a relative who is an alcoholic, there is more of a chance that you will have issues with drinking, too.
 - Alcohol is everywhere. Our society perpetuates the belief that drinking is fun, and perfectly ok. It is legal and socially acceptable and, sometimes, socially required.The pressure to drink can be huge.
 - An alcoholic personality displays such traits as perfectionism, an inability to cope with frustration , emotional immaturity and competitive in nature. Alcohol dependents are more likely to have problems communicating, feel socially inferior, a guilt complex, low self-esteem and depressive tendencies.
 - Quite often those who go on to develop alcoholism have difficulty fitting into social situations. They are not ‘group’ people and tend to feel that they somehow don’t belong and are different from other people. They use alcohol to feel more comfortable in social situations.
 - Genetics play a role in alcoholism and so does your environment. Growing up in a society/family/neighborhood where alcohol is everywhere is, of course, going to make it more likely that you will develop alcoholism.
 - Studies show that the younger you start drinking the more likely you are to develop dependency. If you start experimenting with alcohol as a teenager then you increase your chances of problems later in life.
 - Alcohol abuse is progressive. This means that alcoholism starts relatively innocently much like moderate drinking e.g. a few drinks at the weekend. Then it gradually worsens and progresses until the sufferer is a full-blown alcoholic. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

Drug Detox Treatment of Alcoholism in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

Alcoholism can be treated and managed. Alcoholism treatment programs use both counseling and medications to help a person stop drinking. Treatment has helped many people stop drinking and rebuild their lives.

Patients receiving outpatient detoxification treatment usually are expected to travel to a treatment facility for treatment sessions.

Treatment for alcoholism may begin with a program of detoxification. You may need to take sedating medications to prevent shaking, confusion or hallucination (delirium tremens) or other withdrawal symptoms.
Oral medications. An alcohol-sensitizing drug called disulfiram (Antabuse) may help prevent you from drinking. Disulfiram won’t cure alcoholism, nor can it remove the compulsion to drink. But if you drink alcohol, the drug produces a physical reaction that includes flushing, nausea, vomiting and headaches. Naltrexone (ReVia), a drug long known to block the good feelings alcohol causes, reduces the urge to drink. Acamprosate (Campral) may help you combat alcohol cravings. Unlike disulfiram, naltrexone and acamprosate don’t make you feel sick soon after taking a drink. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

Injected medication. Vivitrol, a version of the drug naltrexone, is injected once a month by a health care professional. Although similar medication can be taken in pill form, the injectable version of the drug may be easier for people recovering from alcohol dependence to use consistently. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California

Alcoholism sometimes occurs along with other mental health disorders. You may need psychological counseling (psychotherapy), medications, or other treatment for depression, anxiety or another mental health condition. Counseling and therapy for groups and individuals support recovery from the psychological aspects of alcoholism. You may benefit from couples or family therapy — family support can be an important part of the recovery process. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California.

Learning skills and establishing a treatment plan. This usually involves alcohol-abuse specialists. It may include goal setting, behavior modification techniques, use of self-help manuals, counseling and follow-up care at a treatment center. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California.

Continuing support. Aftercare programs and support groups help people recovering from alcoholism or alcohol abuse to stop drinking, manage relapses and cope with necessary lifestyle changes. This may include medical or psychological care or attending a support group such as Alcoholics Anonymous.
Medical treatment for other conditions. Common medical problems related to alcoholism are high blood pressure, increased blood sugar, liver disease and heart disease. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California.

Advantages of Outpatient Detoxification

For patients with mild-to-moderate alcohol withdrawal syndrome, characterized by symptoms such as hand tremor, perspiration, heart palpitation, restlessness, loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting, outpatient detoxification is as safe and effective as inpatient detoxification and it is much less time consuming and costs less than inpatient drug detox in Delray Beach, West Palm, Boynton Beach, Boca Raton and South Florida. The patient can also continue to functionrelatively normally and maintain employment as well as family and social relationships.

In order to participate in outpatient drug detox and / or alcohol treatment, an individual must be ambulatory, have a low risk for withdrawal complications, and have a strong support system consisting of family members or significant others. Drug Detox in Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Riverside County, Los Angeles, California.