Alcohol Rehab in Granbury, TX

At our alcohol rehab in Granbury, a certified, evidence-based rehab, we help patients not just by treating their alcoholism, but by helping them address the problems that lead them to alcoholism, as well.

People tend to abuse alcohol when they perceive it as a cure-all — for social awkwardness, for physical or emotional pain, for a lack of connectedness, for emptiness within and myriad other problems.

It is only when they become hooked to the substance they begin to see that alcohol only offers an illusion of a solution to their problems, rather than a real solution. When you are at a stage where alcohol seems to be a part of most of your activities and your thoughts, it's time to seek help.

Alcohol in the blood is able to copy the effects of certain brain neurotransmitters and influence certain critical functions to do with feelings of emotional well-being.

Over extended periods of exposure to such chemical interference, the brain learns to adapt to the presence of alcohol. Once the brain adapts to this substance, it cannot quickly learn to work without it.

Such adaptation is one part of addiction. When the addict tries to quit, he cannot, because his brain has adapted to functioning with the presence of alcohol. The brain can struggle to re-adapt to functioning without it, but it tends to nearly self-destruct trying. The addict can experience terrible anxiety and mood problems, as well as pain, cardiac arrest and seizures.

With exposure to the pleasure of alcohol, parts of the brain also learn an approving attachment to alcohol on a deep instinctual level. When an attempt to move away from alcohol is made, this attachment turns up in the form of cravings. These are the effects of a primal drive towards alcohol consumption. This is the psychological side to addiction.

Any serious attempt at treating addiction requires an effort made to battle both the physical and psychological sides to addiction. It isn't easy to find a drug and alcohol rehab that does justice to both. Most simply attempt to treat the physical addiction. This usually results in temporary gains made, and a relapse within weeks.

At our alcohol rehab in Granbury, we offer the correct, evidence-based approach, which is to thoroughly treat both parts of addiction.

Beginning Alcohol Rehab

At an alcohol addiction rehab center, patients must first go through a thorough evaluation and assessment process. Here, a team of addiction specialists and psychiatrists thoroughly investigate the patient to determine the depth of the addiction, and to gain insight into the existence of possible mental disorders.

It is also important for the rehab to learn about the patient's health. Since addiction to alcohol can cause serious cardiac, biliary and renal distress, it's important for the rehab to learn about any additional care that may be needed or about any precautions to take. For this reason, physicians also tend to be a part of the initial assessment team.

Once initial investigations are complete, the team works together to form a rehab plan that takes the individual needs of the patient to account. The length of time for which addiction has persisted, the amount of alcohol that has been consumed each day, the existence of mental disorders and psychological disorders — all tend to be factors.

If there is a mental disorder such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder or depression, at play, the psychiatrist will find a way to minimize the symptoms as they appear, in order to enable the commencement of dual diagnosis in Granbury.

Taking Up Detox

Rehab always begins with detoxification, the process of getting off the alcohol habit.

The pain, discomfort and harmful effects inherent in alcohol withdrawal require medical attention. This is what the detox process provides. Medications are administered to help suppress the symptoms.

Depending on the individual and the length of time for which addiction has persisted, detox can last anything between two weeks and a month. Through the process of detox, the rehab usually offers therapy, as well. This helps the patient remain motivated and psychologically engaged.

Inpatient or Outpatient Detox

Signing up for outpatient detox, patients are able to go about their lives, only coming in a couple of hours each day for treatment. This sort of approach can work with mild addictions. For addictions that are well-established, inpatient care is usually necessary.

Such care comes with an alcohol-free environment where patients do not need to worry about being tempted. The facility offers close supervision to treat pain or discomfort when it appears, offers emotional support, motivational training and a great deal of therapy. While inpatient care is more expensive, it results in better outcomes.

Relapse Prevention

When detox treatment ends, the addict comes out free of withdrawal symptoms and immediate cravings. The cravings can reappear at any time, however. Patients need to work hard on relapse prevention in Granbury to ensure that these cravings are kept away, and that they can be handled if they do appear.

At our alcohol rehab in Granbury, we help the patient reenter normal life with sober living care, and with thorough relapse prevention therapy.

Alcohol rehab requires a thorough process. Half-measures simply do not succeed. It's important to make the right choices going in. If you have any questions, you can always call us at (877) 804-1531.