| Alcohol detox at home can be done, but never by | | | | However, none of these are recommended by |
| yourself. There must be medical oversight because | | | | physicians. In fact, they're primarily set up to help |
| everyone's withdrawal symptoms are different and | | | | people using drugs or alcohol pass drug screening by |
| unknown until they are into the process itself. In-home | | | | employers and others. If you can find these products |
| detox is not set up to handle patients who are at risk | | | | on the internet, don't you think they employers can, |
| for seizures or strokes. Most programs will only allow | | | | too? |
| low-risk, relatively healthy patients to attempt detox at | | | | In-home alcohol detoxification can also be used before |
| home. | | | | an inpatient or outpatient treatment program begins. |
| All patients are overseen by medical staff. Someone is | | | | When the individual arrives at the treatment facility, the |
| always at the patient's home during the detox process, | | | | recovery phase can begin straightaway. |
| which can last anywhere from three to seven days. | | | | During the in-home alcohol detox, a medical |
| Depending on the home detox program, the person | | | | professional, usually a nurse, will arrive at your house. |
| who stays with the recovering alcoholic could be a | | | | They usually wear street clothes, so as far as your |
| friend or family member, with the medical personnel | | | | neighbors are concerned, you just have a friend visiting. |
| making daily visits and always available by phone. | | | | The medical expert will have already seen your |
| Other detox programs have the medical personnel | | | | evaluation and will have come prepared to treat you |
| staying at your home. | | | | according to your special needs. |
| Home detox is much less expensive than in-patient | | | | Medications are administered, vital signs checked, and |
| detox. Rather than paying for your share of a stay in | | | | the detoxification process has begun. For the detox to |
| a treatment facility as well as keep your home | | | | be most effective, it must be followed up by recovery. |
| operating, you're just paying for your home, like normal. | | | | Many of the medical staff who guide the recovering |
| Each person is evaluated for their suitability for in-home | | | | alcoholic through the home detox process will also |
| detox from alcohol before this program starts. There | | | | begin the long-term recovery process at the same |
| are usually questionnaires and/or interviews. At that | | | | time. |
| point the addict's suitability for in-home detox from | | | | Alcohol detox is the first step in the recovery process. |
| alcohol will be determined. A plan for healthy, safe and | | | | Detoxing at home, under medical supervision, can be a |
| effective detox will be prepared and discussed with | | | | safe and confidential method of beginning a new life of |
| the patient. | | | | sobriety. But even at home, it's critical that the alcohol |
| There are many products on the internet promising | | | | detox process only be done under competent medical |
| virtual "detox in a box" or "all-natural detox at home". | | | | supervision. |