The Turning Point Help You Make The Hard Decision

Making a decision to seek treatment for addiction to drug or alcohol, and then sticking to it is very difficult. A great deal of courage and grit is required to accept the fact that one needs treatment for attaining sobriety. Detoxification, which helps remove the toxins from the body, accumulated for years due to continuous drug and alcohol abuse, is the first step toward the recovery process.

However, many people have preconceived notions about detox that might be deceiving. One needs to understand that a successful recovery is a grim affair without detox. Drug and alcohol detox is the first part of the treatment process, and just by opting for a drug or alcohol detox does not make you sober. A comprehensive treatment follows detoxification that includes therapies, medications, counselling, and alternative treatments, etc.

Detox helps to free the body of all the harmful toxins accumulated due to the prolonged abuse of a drug or alcohol and also helps manage difficult withdrawal symptoms, and must must be completed before starting the next part of treatment. The body should be free of all the toxins before a comprehensive process of therapies and medications can be administered to a patient.

Detox should be done under a medically controlled setting, and quitting the substance of abuse without any medical supervision can have adverse consequences. Detox must be carried out in a clinically controlled setting, under the supervision of medical professionals who are able to handle the painful withdrawal symptoms.

Undergoing detox is not easy. The body will crave for the substance during the process and there will be withdrawal symptoms. However, doctors are well equipped to handle such situations and a focused mind can help a patient come out of the agony of drug abstinence.

The Turning Point can show you the way to a happy, fulfilled life free from the crippling effects of drug and alcohol addiction in a loving, compassionate, caring and safe environment, focused on offering you a new happy life free from drugs and alcohol, so for more information on rehab Auckland, drug rehab NZ and alcohol rehab please go to www.theturningpoint.co.nz .