In some specific situations in which an individual may find themselves in need of alcohol rehabilitation, they may be eligible for a home detox programme.
This is where an individual continues to reside at home and generally go about their daily routine while undergoing the withdrawal stage of the rehabilitation process.
With an alcohol addiction, it is not typically recommended that an individual proceeds with a home alcohol detox programme due to the dangers that are present with an alcohol withdrawal and not with other substances.
However, there are some individuals who may be suitable for this type of care in Leicester, and this web page will outline some of the key features of a home alcohol detox programme, as well as for who it may or may not be suitable, as well as some of the dangers that an individual may experience while partaking in an unsafe or unsupervised home alcohol detox.
In all cases, it is essential that an individual seeks medical advice and support before attempting a home alcohol detox, including gaining approval and awareness of the individual’s intentions before beginning any form of home detox programme.
In all cases of addiction rehabilitation, the most effective approach to rehabilitation includes the participation in three key stages of recovery in order to make the most efficient and effective progress.
These are as follows:
Although a home detox programme generally only focusses on the first stage of this process – detoxification – this is not to say that individuals are not encouraged to take part in three distinctive stages of their recovery.
For a home detox programme, the stages are generally outlined in the following categories:
This shows that although these stages are distinct within the home detoxification process, there are some similarities with the overall process of rehabilitation, under which a home detoxification would generally only fall under the detoxification stage specifically.
The following three subheadings will outline the key stages of a home alcohol detox in Leicester in further detail.
Before any individual can begin a home alcohol detox in Leicester, they will need to achieve the approval of a medical professional, most often through a health service provider such as the individual’s local doctors’ office or general practitioner (GP or through an addiction advice and service provider such as Rehab 4 Addiction.
During this approval process, the following factors will be considered:
During the approval process, it is vital that individuals are completely honest and open about their situation, including any additional details that they feel may be relevant to their situation and future addiction recovery programme.
From this, an individual may be given the go-ahead for future home alcohol detox programmes, or they will be encouraged and directed toward a different type of rehabilitation such as inpatient care and residential rehab centres – which are proven to be highly effective in the treatment and care of alcohol-addicted patients (1).
Alongside the medication that an individual may receive as a part of their home alcohol detox in Leicester, it is also recommended that individuals partake in some form of co-occurring therapy and/or additional treatment to focus on their mental health.
Alcohol addictions can have unique and often severe effects on an individual’s mental health which is not generally focused on as a primary objective of a home alcohol detox.
Commonly recommended therapies include flexible and tailorable treatments such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as these can be adjusted and changed to an individual’s ongoing needs as they progress with a home detox, as well as onwards from this.
An individual may have to leave their home to partake in some of these outpatient treatments, but in some cases, it may also be possible for individuals to receive therapy at home, through online means or by home visits.
This will depend on an individual’s unique situation, as well as their requirements for care.
After all forms of rehabilitation – inpatient, outpatient, or a combination of the two – aftercare is always deemed necessary due to the ways in which it can support an individual’s ongoing recovery process and future support should they need it.
During the aftercare period of an alcohol rehabilitation in Leicester, an individual may require regular and dependent care to ensure their ongoing sobriety and recovery process, but this can also be as independent as some individuals may require it.
For example, where some individuals may request ongoing and regular meetings with an aftercare support officer, other individuals may prefer to undertake their own ongoing care programmes.
This can include the continued participation in rehabilitative therapies – some of which are specifically designed to be partaken in by one individual on their own time and as a completely independent form of continued learning.
Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Recovery, for example, is a great form of therapy to ensure ongoing rehabilitative progress, but only when adhered to as instructed and on a regular basis (2).
In general, the following factors or attributes will make an individual unsuitable for a home alcohol detox in Leicester:
If an individual is unsure about any of the points above, always make sure to check these specific requirements with a medical professional before initiating any form of rehabilitation, recovery, or additional addiction support.
To learn more about addiction, rehabilitation, and the routes that different individuals can take to enter these forms of care, get in contact with Rehab 4 Addiction today.
Our services are free and easy to access through our website, as well as through our addiction support hotline found by calling 0800 140 4690.
We offer free and confidential advice to anyone who needs it, as well as giving out advice in a non-judgemental way, meaning that no individual should feel unconfident about accessing our services.
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[1] Giorgi, I., Ottonello, M., Vittadini, G. and Bertolotti, G., 2015. Psychological changes in alcohol-dependent patients during a residential rehabilitation program. Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, pp.2989-2996.
[2] Beck, A.K., Forbes, E., Baker, A.L., Kelly, P.J., Deane, F.P., Shakeshaft, A., Hunt, D. and Kelly, J.F., 2017. Systematic review of SMART Recovery: Outcomes, process variables, and implications for research. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 31(1), p.1.
