Substance use disorder (SUD) is a chronic condition occurring when a person’s body and brain demand access to a substance to operate effectively. Over time, the use of substances, like alcohol or drugs, changes the function of your brain. It teaches the brain to keep seeking out that substance, and as a result, you can’t stop, even when you want to do so.
The most effective treatment for someone in active addiction is a detox. Detoxification doesn’t have to be painful or even uncomfortable in a controlled environment. At Raleigh Recovery Center, we offer a comprehensive medical detox program in Raleigh that’s your first step towards long-term recovery.
How Detox Works for Those with an SUD
Our medical detox treatment program is the initial phase of your addiction treatment. During this process, you’ll stay within our treatment center, receiving around-the-clock access to care. Most detox programs last 5 to 14 days, depending on your needs.
During this time, several things happen:
- Your body naturally removes the substances and toxins from your system. We monitor you throughout the process to keep you safe.
- We manage acute withdrawal symptoms. If you tried to stop using substances at home and struggled because of the side effects or withdrawal symptoms, our treatment will still help you.
- We monitor your medical needs throughout this time. We pay close attention to your mental health and physical needs throughout the detox process, providing fast action if there’s any risk.
Here, you’re not in a hospital ward. You’re in a safe and comfortable environment with the support you need constantly. We’re supporting your body’s natural effort to detox.
Who Benefits from a Medical Detox Program?
Not everyone needs detox for addiction treatment. After a substance use disorder diagnosis, we’ll assess your specific needs. However, for those who do need it, getting care in a medically supervised environment is essential. The following factors may indicate your need to go into a professional detox program:
You Continue to Use Substances
You may be continuously using substances. Some people use them more often than they are sober. This often occurs when your body and brain are dependent on the substance, and you can’t “not” use them. You have to be using something to just make it through the day. If you’re intoxicated frequently, or even all of the time, a detox program is a worthwhile investment.
You Have Withdrawal Symptoms
You tried to stop using the substance, but you have intense pain or other symptoms when you do. You don’t think you can stop, or you’ve tried and failed. Withdrawal is a challenging emotional and physical process that happens when your body is trying to adjust to the lack of the substance.
Withdrawal symptoms may include:
- Physical pain throughout your body, such as feeling like you have the flu
- Intense thoughts about using the substance, even making deals with yourself to just use it one more time
- Rapid changes in mood, often creating difficulty with friends, family, coworkers, and strangers
- Fatigue but being unable to sleep or being unable to stay awake for long without feeling like you need to use the substance
- Intense and uncomfortable desires to use the substance, almost to the point of doing anything to find the substance
- Aggressive behaviors or thoughts when you cannot get access to the substance
- Intensified breathing, rapid heart rate, and palpitations, or other physical changes that can seem like you’re facing a medical emergency (you may be)
- Anxiety and paranoia
- Hot and cold flashes, often suddenly
- Digestion difficulties, including the inability to eat or constantly being hungry
Those with these symptoms of withdrawal benefit from a detox program. Your treatment team will provide you with the support necessary to calm and control these symptoms. We offer strategies that bring symptoms under control.
You Have a Mental Health Condition
Those with addiction and mental health conditions at the same time have co-occurring disorders. Withdrawal in these situations can create more intense mental health challenges. As a result, if you have any of the following conditions, you’ll benefit from having the extra support of the detox treatment center:
- Severe depression
- Anxiety that limits your actions and thoughts
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Eating disorders
- Behavioral disorders
Our detox program in Raleigh helps you gain control through detox while also monitoring and supporting your mental health needs. You’re not facing this on your own. We will help you reach a point of stability and offer our residential treatment program in Raleigh to continue building long-term recovery.
Let Our Addiction Treatment Center in Raleigh Help You Today
To find out if we believe detox is an important investment in your addiction treatment plan, contact Raleigh Recovery immediately for an assessment. We’re available 24/7 to provide guidance to you. Contact us now.
