Detox from Alcohol Lancaster CA

Generally detox from alcohol occurs in a hospital or rehab facility where the patient can be observed and monitored 24 hours a day. Sedation, tranquilizers and therapeutic alternatives are used to help the patient through the symptoms as they arise. Support is essential, because the patient’s body is telling the patient that all the painful symptoms would be relieved with alcohol.

High Road Program
(661) 942-2241
44823 Date Avenue
Lancaster, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Live Again Ministries
(661) 270-0025
45114 13th Street West
Lancaster, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Western Pacific Med Corp
(661) 949-8599
45335 North Sierra Highway
Lancaster, CA
Hotline
(661) 949-8599
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women
Language Services
Arabic, Spanish

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Antelope Valley Council on Alcoholism
(661) 274-1062
38345 30th Street East
Palmdale, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Design for Living Recovery Services
(661) 942-1026
1066 East Avenue J
Lancaster, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Seniors/older adults, Women, Men
Language Services
Spanish

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Alcohol Drug Abuse Center
(661) 945-9421
805 West Avenue J
Lancaster, CA
Hotline
(661) 945-9421
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Tarzana Treatment Center Inc
(818) 654-3815
907 West Lancaster Boulevard
Lancaster, CA
Hotline
(800) 996-1051
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients

Data Provided by:
Kings Care
(323) 734-4311
40614 11th Street West
Palmdale, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)

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American Health Services
(661) 947-3333
2720 East Palmdale Boulevard
Palmdale, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient

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LA County Department Health Services
(661) 269-0062x223
30500 Arrastre Canyon Road
Acton, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Detox from Alcohol

Over time, alcohol abuse leads to a condition where alcoholics have to take in alcohol just to be “normal.” If at any time they stop drinking alcohol, or even try to reduce their intake, they go into alcohol withdrawal. The symptoms of alcohol withdrawal are startling and dramatic: nervousness, anxiety, emotionalism, and the shakes, insomnia, palpitations, tremors, hallucinations, blackouts and the dreaded “DTs”. DT stands for delirium tremens, Latin for the “trembling madness.” The “DTs” are an extreme condition wherein the alcoholic’s body starts shutting down, and the alcoholic no longer recognizes his surroundings. Alcoholics can die from this.

Treatment for withdrawal (or alcohol poisoning) is called detox , specifically detox from alcohol.

(Detox from other drugs will incur a different course of treatment.)

Generally detox from alcohol occurs in a hospital or rehab facility where the patient can be observed and monitored 24 hours a day. Sedation, tranquilizers and therapeutic alternatives are used to help the patient through the symptoms as they arise. Support is essential, because the patient’s body is telling the patient that all the painful symptoms would be relieved with alcohol; this is one of the reasons that it is so difficult a habit to quit. The length of the detoxification period–during which the body removes all traces of alcohol and adjusts to sobriety–does not last a set period...

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