Alcoholism and Treatment in Baltimore, MD  

Suffering from an addiction to alcohol, otherwise known as “alcoholism”, can make you feel alone and isolated, trapped in an endless cycle of alcohol abuse and unsuccessful attempts to quit. However, not only are you not alone in your alcoholism, but there is help available to you to successfully overcome your addiction. Many people in Baltimore and beyond do not seek out treatment for their alcoholism, either because of pride, fear, or simply not having all of the information about treatment options.  

Treatment is Critical to Success

If you want to successfully overcome your alcoholism and to be able to abstain from alcohol abuse and relapse in the future, then you need alcoholism treatment. Failure rates among people who attempt to detox and overcome addiction without professional assistance are through the roof, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

The cycle of remission and relapse needs to be broken if a person wants to have any hope at real freedom from the burden of their addiction. But in order to break that cycle, they need support and guidance from professionals who are willing to share their expertise and wisdom.

Getting to Know How Treatment Works

An addiction is a disease that not only affects a person physically, but also has a major impact on their mental capabilities, mental health, memory, learning, social life and relationships, and even their financial and legal situations. Because of the many facets of life that alcoholism affects, treatment must try to deal with all of these areas. Otherwise, a person may still be addicted and not have developed coping mechanisms or strategies to deal with it.

Addiction treatment includes breaking the physical dependence that they have upon alcohol. When alcohol is abused repeatedly, the brain eventually changes the way it functions in order to accommodate the presence of alcohol in the body. This means that in order to perform normal and necessary functions, the brain needs to receive signals from alcohol.

Detox is the process of breaking that physical addiction by forcing the brain to go without alcohol because the person stops consuming it and allows all of the alcohol to leave their body. When the brain is deprived of alcohol, it begins the process of healing and restoring normal function. However, this also causes a person to go into withdrawals. To manage withdrawal symptoms, reduce cravings, and treat any severe detox side effects (like seizures), a person should choose a medical detox program in which doctors can use medications to do all of these things.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy is the primary means to overcome the mental and emotional sides of an addiction. In group and individual sessions, a therapist will help guide the recovering alcoholic on a journey of self-discovery and exploration to dig deep and find the real reasons they began abusing alcohol to the point where they developed an addiction. In cognitive-behavioral therapy as well as in other, alternative treatments and therapies, a person will also develop ways to cope with these issues that are healthy, productive, and that will keep them from abusing alcohol once treatment is complete.

Your alcohol addiction can be treated and overcome with the help of Baltimore Drug Treatment Centers. Just give us a call at (410) 260-0350 as soon as possible so that you can get your recovery started right away.