DETOX

[Harry78]

Anyone had a detox? What happened? Was it drugs or alcohol?
Did you do it yourself? Did you have help? Did it hurt?

[Mr Rehab]

A medical detox normally takes between 7 and 12 days for alcohol. For heavy drug use it can take 7 days to several weeks depending on the users age, weight, the amount they are taking, and how long they have been taking it for. Basically a detox is simple. A rehab centre will replace your intake of alcohol or drugs, depending, with medicine and slowly reduce it over a period of time. The outcome is to remove ALL the substance for your body so as rehabilitation can start, ie counselling, group sessions, 1-2-1 etc.