The Big Picture: Detox and Drug Recovery

"It’s worth noting here that detox is merely the beginning of the drug recovery process, not the end. As important as your detox program will be to your long-term health, it can only be meaningful insofar as it’s followed by a through drug and alcohol rehab program. At Sunset Malibu, we’re mindful of the big picture. Sunset Malibu detox services are specially designed to Sunset Malibu Rehab Center help patients manage the transition into primary drug and alcohol treatment, the better to give them a head start on the road to recovery. Again, there’s nothing easy about detox or rehab. Addiction is a personal disease, one that can only be overcome by a personal effort. At Sunset Malibu, we can help you muster the strength you’ll need to get sober for good. But you have to meet us halfway. Even the most exclusive luxury rehabilitation center in Los Angeles can’t help a patient who refuses to be helped. Here’s hoping you can find the sense to let us into your life." ~ Sunset Malibu

Here you might be thinking that there is an easier method- Rapid detox. This by no means an easier or safer method of treatment. The increasing popularity and "growth of ultra-rapid, anesthesia-assisted opioid withdrawal procedures...[have shown] ...that the procedure can lead to risk of death, psychosis, increased stress, delirium, attempted suicide, abnormal heart rhythm and acute renal failure." (Addiction Research) Not in anyway a pretty picture or anyway to live your life after overcoming your addiction.

Seek out real help for your addiction detox and recovery, a center that understands the difficulties in detox but also knows how to make it as pleasant as possible throughout the process.