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    The Restrictions of Inpatient Alcohol Treatment

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    It is very important to have inpatient alcohol treatment when you have been facing long-term alcohol abuse. Your body could easily shut down if you try and go through detox alone, especially if you try and go cold-turkey. Instead, you need to have monitoring by a medical staff that can keep an eye on the process and make sure your body is not shutting down. However, you do have restrictions when you choose an inpatient alcohol treatment program. They are there for a reason, and need to be followed, for the best chances of success.

    First, you have to understand that treatment will be going on all day long. Basically, from when you wake up until when you go to bed each day, you will be told what time it is, and expected to participate in different therapy sessions geared towards teaching you coping mechanisms, and how to get your life back on track.

    Next, you have to understand that you will be restricted from visitors at most facilities. Some family may be allowed in during specific times, but having visitors can pose a real risk to those trying to surpass an alcohol addiction. Not only could a visitor smuggle in alcohol, but they can say or do little things that could set the addict's recovery back, leaving them in a dangerous situation.

    Finally, you need to take the schedule you are offered during your time in inpatient alcohol treatment and apply it to your regular life. That way, when you leave, you have things to keep you occupied during the day so that you do not fall instantly into old patterns or habits, and wind up relapsing.

    Reference

    Deeds, A. "The Pros and Cons of Different Treatment Options." Choose Help (Website). (2015).
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      MyRecoveryPointMyRecoveryPoint
      This is so true! Happened to me wanting to go alone through the whole process by buying over-the-counter medication to quit drinking, and using herbal remedies to get me out of it.

      While the self-treatment seemed to be working, every now and then I had relapse episodes that eventually led me one step from dying.

      Actually I can only say it was really a miracle I could survive an episode that otherwise would be under control if I would consider undergo inpatient rehab at first.

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      mercshemercshe
      I think some people are trying to do "detox-alone" is that they are afraid to ask for help or be judge by their other relatives. Staying clean and sober might be the most difficult thing to ever do, but chances of success are much greater if someone has others to lean on.

      It is more safe, I say is to check your self with an Inpatient Alcohol Treatment faciltiy and detox there. Rehab centers are the road to recovery.

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      pwarbipwarbi
      When your trying to detox by yourself, aswell as the physical issues, a lot of people don't take into consideration the mental aspect of the detox. 

      You might be able to stop drinking and get your body clean, but how do you repair the psychological damage that's may have been done by the alcohol abuse? For me, that's the main reason that they relapse, its not because their body is craving a drink and they're having physical problems, its due to the mental aspect, and they're simply not strong enough to cope with life without alcohol.
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      harpazo22harpazo22
      It's so important to have support there with you and around the clock help whenever you need it so you can always be monitored and safe.
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      kassie1234kassie1234
      I think the final part you ended with was the most important:

      Finally, you need to take the schedule you are offered during your time in inpatient alcohol treatment and apply it to your regular life. That way, when you leave, you have things to keep you occupied during the day so that you do not fall instantly into old patterns or habits, and wind up relapsing.

      It's so important for those lessons that are learned to be applied to everyday life - it's not enough for it to be learned at treatment and then not applied outside that environment!
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