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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 661307" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Has he talked with physician? If he is alcohol dependant he really does need medical detox in hospital or otherwise under intense medical care. It is a nasty process even under care and properly medicated but can be life threatening without that. However it does not take 30 days but a few. If his work is providing him consistency and reason to try, out patient after short detox could work for him better than extended stay with just sitting around and thinking about substance abuse. If I remember correctly rehabs have not been a success for him before and outcomes with outpatient programs do not tend to be any worse than in inpatient so maybe continuing in the job he finds beneficial and trying out patient would be a way to go this time.</p><p></p><p>Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are clear medical problem and emergency so medical system does have ways to deal with that also for people who are not willing or able to go to rehab, and on the other hand I doubt most rehabs have level of care which would allow detoxing people (I mean, most likely do not have 24/7 physicians in staff neither qualified nurse to monitor the patient through whole ordeal one on one) who are going through withdrawal so local hospital most likely does have procedures in place for those patients.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 661307, member: 14557"] Has he talked with physician? If he is alcohol dependant he really does need medical detox in hospital or otherwise under intense medical care. It is a nasty process even under care and properly medicated but can be life threatening without that. However it does not take 30 days but a few. If his work is providing him consistency and reason to try, out patient after short detox could work for him better than extended stay with just sitting around and thinking about substance abuse. If I remember correctly rehabs have not been a success for him before and outcomes with outpatient programs do not tend to be any worse than in inpatient so maybe continuing in the job he finds beneficial and trying out patient would be a way to go this time. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms are clear medical problem and emergency so medical system does have ways to deal with that also for people who are not willing or able to go to rehab, and on the other hand I doubt most rehabs have level of care which would allow detoxing people (I mean, most likely do not have 24/7 physicians in staff neither qualified nurse to monitor the patient through whole ordeal one on one) who are going through withdrawal so local hospital most likely does have procedures in place for those patients. [/QUOTE]
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