Detox from Alcohol Stevens Point WI

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.

Ministry Behavioral Health
(715) 344-4611
209 Prentice Street North
Stevens Point, WI
Hotline
(715) 344-4611
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Lutheran Social Services
(920) 225-1713
820 West College Avenue
Appleton, WI
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Seniors/older adults

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Libertas Treatment Center
(920) 498-8600
1701 Dousman Street
Green Bay, WI
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Unified Community Services
(608) 935-2776
1122 Professional Drive
Dodgeville, WI
Hotline
(800) 362-5717
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Lutheran Social Services
(608) 752-7660
612 North Randall Avenue
Janesville, WI
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

Data Provided by:
Wood County Unified Services
(715) 421-8840
2611 12th Street South
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Hotline
(715) 421-2345
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Halfway house, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

Data Provided by:
Taylor County
(715) 748-3332
540 East College Street
Medford, WI
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Aurora Psychiatric Hospital
(414) 454-6600
1220 Dewey Avenue
Wauwatosa, WI
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification, Methadone Detoxification, Halfway house, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient, Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Shawano County Department Comm Progs
(715) 526-5547
504 Lakeland Road
Shawano, WI
Hotline
(715) 526-3240
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

Data Provided by:
Alcocare Inc
(608) 754-2651
430 North Jackson Street
Janesville, WI
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
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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