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How to Support someone during their detox
You're taking an important step by choosing to support someone to detox at home. It's normal to feel uncertain or anxious and this guide will help you understand what to expect and how to care for your friend / relative aswell as yourself during this time. Your support is a crucial part of the treatment, it makes the detox process safer and more likely to be successful. This leaflet explains what to expect and how to help during the week.
Be proud of yourself
"You’re giving your loved one a really valuable gift by taking on this role."
What is a Detox?
A detox (short for alcohol detoxification) is the process of helping the body safely clear alcohol from its system and re-balance the physical processes that have become used to getting regular amounts of alcohol. When someone stops drinking suddenly, their body can react with withdrawal symptoms such as shaking, sweating, anxiety, poor sleep and cravings for alcohol.
Our Clean Slate Clinical team is here to make this transition safe, more comfortable and smoother for the person going through it by using a short course of medicine. The Clinical Team will regularly check on how the person is doing and reduce the medicine down over about a week.
Our Clean Slate Clinical team is here to make this transition safe, more comfortable and smoother for the person going through it by using a short course of medicine. The Clinical Team will regularly check on how the person is doing and reduce the medicine down over about a week.
Clean Slate Clinic Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales (Company No. 15100531). Registered office: Market House, 10 Market Walk, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1JZ, United Kingdom.
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