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Alcohol Detoxification 
Detox or detoxification includes two things:

1) Withdrawing poisonous substance from the body.
 
2) Withdrawing one’s mind and soul from the darkness of abused substances.
 
The term Rapid detox was first used ten years ago and was specially related
to opiate addictions. But today, it is mostly used to advertise and describe
various methods of detox. Rapid detox can be used to describe the  methods
of alcohol detoxification, drug detox and other substances.

Drug Detox 



Alcohol detoxification is the process to withdraw one from alcohol addiction.

There are various aspects of alcohol detoxification:
 
1) The first aspect of alcohol detoxification is the medical aspect. There
should be a medical specialist and a qualified nursing staff in order to
help the patient during the procedure. It is an established fact that if a medical
practitioner can set the patient’s mind calm then the entire procedure goes
smoothly.
 
2) The second aspect of alcohol detoxification is physical. During this process
there should be a nutritionist in the medical centre to put the patient on
a perfect meal plan. If the patient takes balanced diet then the rest of the alcohol
detoxification process will go more smoothly.
 
3) The third and the most important aspect of alcohol detoxification is the
emotional aspect. The medical centre should have a trained team of
psychologists and counsellors to help the patient psychologically. The process
can be extremely emotional at times. Specialists should be there to assist the
patient move forward through emotions.
 
4) Alcohol detoxification always combines a therapy with medication and
that of psychological counselling. These programs are often long lasting; they
mostly take two to four months and needs staying at medical institutions.
Therapy techniques and personal counselling assist the patients to recover
from alcohol completely and more comfortably. The drugs are given to avoid
withdrawal symptoms that the patients may experience. Complete recovery
from alcoholism is most preferable and the ideal situation.
 
5) Alcohol detoxification therapies use drugs like Disulfiram, which cause
a severe and immediate hangover after consuming alcohol. Drugs like
 Naltrexone, helps in complete and comfortable recovery.
 
6) Nutritional therapy has also proved helpful in alcohol detoxification.
During this stage, some patients feel ‘insulin resistance syndrome’
 which results in the failure of processing sugar in body. “Insulin resistance
syndrome” causes behavioural upsets and mood swings. These moods wings
and behavioural upsets can be controlled with specific dietary regimen. Due
to these types of psychological problems one should include a dietary regiment
during alcohol detoxification.

 
7) There are some specific programs that help heavy drinkers who are not
yet alcoholics but on the same way yet to become alcoholics. Moderation
management also helps such people.