Drug and Alcohol Rehab Bushey

Living with an addiction to drugs or alcohol is an extremely challenging way of life. Not only can addiction make you feel extremely overwhelmed and stressed, but it can also have a devastating impact on your physical and psychological health and completely disrupt your relationships with friends and family.

Because of the devastating effects that drugs and alcohol can have on so many aspects of your life, it’s strongly advised that you seek professional support as soon as you notice any signs or symptoms of addiction.

Searching online for addiction support can be overwhelming, particularly if you’re searching for yourself, by yourself.

 

Rehab Treatment Options to Treat Addiction

Through your own research online, you’ll likely see various treatment options available to help you recover from drug or alcohol addiction. It can be difficult to understand what they all do and which is best for your unique condition.

There are two options when it comes to alcohol and drug rehab. The first is to receive addiction treatment from free local health services like the NHS. These are typically generic treatment plans resulting in everyone receiving the same plan, no matter the severity of their addiction. This may be suitable for someone with a very mild substance abuse problem, but in most cases, free addiction treatment doesn’t result in an effective long-term recovery.

Additionally, NHS rehab options give very little personal support, which is extremely important in the first stage – detoxing. Therapy treatments will also occur around your local area, but this cannot be guaranteed.

The second drug and alcohol rehab option is going to a private centre. At Asana Lodge, we can provide beneficial treatment programmes to achieve long-term recovery from substance abuse.

Private rehab facilities like our drug and alcohol rehab in Bushey offer personalised treatment programmes rather than a generic treatment plan that would likely receive from free local health services like the NHS. There are many benefits to receiving a personalised treatment programme as it will be tailored to suit your unique needs and the exact nature or severity of your addiction.

Our expert team has the time and resources to identify the underlying causes of your drug or alcohol addiction, understand your triggers, and create a treatment plan to address your physical and psychological connections to the substance.

 

Is Private Rehab Better?

Addiction treatment from a private drug and alcohol rehab centre has proven to be the most effective way to recover from drug and alcohol abuse because you receive a personalised addiction treatment programme and 24/7 dedicated support from a team of experts.  You’re much more likely to successfully overcome your addiction to alcohol or drugs.

Attending a private rehab as an inpatient will increase your likelihood of achieving long-term recovery from addiction even more. As an inpatient, you’ll stay overnight at our drug and alcohol rehab Bushey for the duration of your treatment programme.

The greatest success rate comes from private inpatient rehab; however, many prefer the added flexibility of outpatient rehab. This has its downsides, though, as you remain at home, which could be very distracting or full of bad influences that could lead to a drug or alcohol relapse.

There are advantages and disadvantages to being both an inpatient and an outpatient. Whichever works best depends entirely on your circumstances and the severity of your addiction.

 

What Happens During Medical Detox?

The first stage of most addiction treatment programmes is to go through a drug and alcohol detox. This is typically an unpleasant experience but is equally a very important one. It’s essential that your body goes through withdrawal to ensure that all the toxins are removed so that you can begin to cleanse yourself of alcohol or drugs.

If the withdrawal symptoms are proving to be extremely difficult, you may be provided medication to lessen the symptoms of withdrawal this is referred to as a medical alcohol and drug detox. You only ever undergo one with professional medical support. Without this, you’re leaving yourself at high risk of developing a potentially life-threatening condition that could result in a fatality if your withdrawal symptoms aren’t managed properly.

Withdrawal symptoms will differ for each person but can range from mild nausea, sickness, and headaches, to more severe symptoms like insomnia, seizures, or delirium tremens (the DT’s).

 

Addiction Therapies at Asana Lodge

After completing your medical detox, the next stage is to go through your psychological therapy sessions. These are incredibly important despite what some believe, drug or alcohol addiction can’t be fixed with medication alone; you must address your psychological connection to your substance abuse.

Some of the most recommended therapies we deliver at our drug and alcohol rehab Bushey include cognitive behavioural therapy (also known as CBT), individual, family, or group counselling, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), stress management, and drug or alcohol relapse prevention. These psychological therapies are all evidence-based and will be recommended to you if our expert team believes they’ll benefit your recovery from addiction.

 

Life in Bushey After Rehab

Once you’ve successfully completed your addiction treatment programme, you’ll return home to continue your long-term recovery. Our team will continue to support you through our dedicated aftercare plan offered to all our clients free of charge for the first 12 months after leaving our drug and alcohol rehab centre in Bushey.

This aftercare plan will include a dedicated helpline, access to local support groups like Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, and ongoing therapy sessions such as counselling or cognitive behavioural therapy if needed.

We can also offer additional support to your friends and family and include them in your recovery process. We’ve found this to be particularly beneficial in helping to avoid a drug or alcohol relapse.

Call our team today on 01908 489421 and start the process today.