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Alcohol detox is nothing more than withdrawal. It is not some thing that should be attempted by the addict unless it is medically supervised. Even then, detox can only safely benefit the patient when the patient is kept as a residential client with 24 hour a day medical care in a true medical detox residential facility.

There are numerous organ functions affected by alcoholism that are always at risk that become particularity exposed during the detox program like the liver and kidneys. Plus the added symptoms caused by alcohol dependence withdrawal can bring on a variety of mild shakes to life-threatening delirium tremors and seizures. For the deeply addicted sudden withdrawal from alcohol use can produce both psychological and physical symptoms and this dual diagnosis most certainly can only happen with a inpatient long term care facility.

Not everyone who stops drinking experiences severe withdrawal symptoms. Most people who have been drinking for a long period of time, or drinking frequently, or drink heavily when they do drink, usually experience some form of withdrawal symptoms if they just stop drinking suddenly or “cold turkey”. Those who have been drinking heavily for a few months or new binge drinkers and some other borderline addicts can benefit from alcohol with out the need for alcohol detox, but still as a medical detox out patient.