Alcohol Withdrawal Dangers
Getting Sober Requires Professional Help
For most people who are addicted, there are those moments when the addicted person wants sobriety more than anything in the world. It may be early in the morning, when the person is sobering up and they realize that, once again, they lost all control with their drinking.
Or, maybe it’s when their spouse announces that they are leaving with the children and after they are gone, it hits home and the addicted person realizes what he or she has lost. The job is lost, the business is bankrupt… it’s a different moment for everyone.
Alcoholism comes with penalties. For some people, they may be a long time coming but they arrive finally for each alcoholic. The lucky ones are those who insist on sobriety and follow through with actions to change.
But for some alcoholics, it is downright dangerous to simply stop drinking. A person’s body can become so dependent on the presence of alcohol that suddenly taking it away may trigger fevers, seizures, coma and even death.
Medical Detoxes Deal with the Symptoms of Alcohol Withdrawal
A medical detoxification program assists a person coming off of high alcohol consumption with constant supervision and medication to prevent the worst of the problems. Benzodiazepines may be administered to calm the person and prevent problems with hallucinations, anxiety, delusional behavior and other symptoms. If fevers get too high or the person goes into a coma, medical care is right at hand to help with these adverse effects.
Once the person is through this period and they are sober, they are ready for rehab. Detoxification is not a complete solution for an alcoholic. It only means that the person is safely withdrawn from alcohol. As yet, nothing has been done for the physical cravings and psychological dependence on the drug. Years ago, there was little that could be done for the alcoholic other than let him dry out. But the public, as well as the medical profession, have come to realize that drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers must do much more than just get a person off drugs or alcohol.
Narconon Offers the Alcoholic a Viable Solution
For over 50 years, Narconon centers have helped those lost in the grips of alcohol addiction gain their sobriety and a new lease on life.
Once a person is through a medical detox from alcohol (if deemed necessary by a physician) and is not in danger of the adverse alcohol withdrawal symptoms, they arrive at a Narconon center to complete the recovery process where they finish the Narconon Drug-Free Withdrawal step.
The next step, the New Life Detoxification, is designed to eliminate the physical cravings for drugs and alcohol and to help the individual regain their physical health. Through a precise regimen of vitamins, nutritional supplements, light exercise and periods spent in a low-heat sauna, an individual activates his or her’s body’s own ability to flush out and release the old drug toxins. By flushing the residues out, many say that their cravings are reduced or completely gone.
Each person then goes on to become re-oriented in the present environment through unique exercises called Objectives, and rebuild the life skills they lost through addiction.
At the end of the program, each person understands how to make the drug-free and alcohol-free decisions that will keep them on a sober path.
