Detox

For individuals dependent on drugs or alcohol, the journey of recovery often starts with detox. This critical process of safely removing toxic substances from the body serves as the first step towards a healthier life free from addiction. Mountainside’s detox program is designed to address all your needs during your first days in recovery: our expert medical team provides 24/7 care to help you manage withdrawal symptoms, while recovery education and counseling help you better understand your addiction.

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Detox Program Overview

Mountainside’s Detox program combines medical best practices with a holistic approach to treatment to deliver a carefully designed addiction treatment plan tailored to your specific needs. In an atmosphere of comfort and compassion, our dedicated medical and clinical teams provide you with 24/7 individualized care and support. Our experts will stabilize your body and help you through withdrawal symptoms, as well as any other physical and emotional challenges you may face during the first days of your recovery.

Detox Offerings

Removing toxins from your body is a critical part of recovery, but it is only one part of the puzzle. Our detox program is designed to address all your needs during your first days in recovery, from helping to properly nourish your body, to educating you on the disease of addiction, to preparing you for the next steps in your addiction treatment.

Medical & Psychiatric Services

Our wide-range of medical and psychiatric services help evaluate how drug addiction and alcoholism has affected your physical and mental health. Through a series of evaluations, medical exams, and continuous monitoring we better understand how addiction has impacted you and are able to determine the best course of action to address your specific recovery needs.

Nurse performing an HIV test on drug addict.

HIV and Hepatitis C Tests

Screenings designed to determine if you are currently infected with HIV or Hepatitis C by detecting antibodies in your blood.

Nutritionist examining patient’s nutritional needs to aid in their recovery.

Nutritional Assessment

One-on-one evaluation to assess the toll substance abuse has taken on your body and address your most imminent nutritional needs.

Nurse conducting pharmocogenic test as part of addiction treatment

Pharmacogenic Test

Collection of your genetic information to better understand how medications used as part of your addiction treatment will affect your body.

Doctor checking alcoholic’s blood pressure to evaluate the damage addiction has caused.

Physical Exam

Medical exam to evaluate your general health and determine any degree of physical issue caused by your addiction.

Psychiatric Evaluation

Session to determine your mental health needs, including checking for the presence of co-occurring disorders such as anxiety or depression.

Withdrawal Assessment

Evaluation of addiction withdrawal symptoms such as cravings, anxiety, and depression specific to your substance of abuse and history of use.

Clinical

Substance abuse counseling and education are essential to help you better understand and overcome your alcoholism or drug addiction. Through a wide array of clinical therapies and services, you will uncover the root of your addiction, better understand your behavior, as well as learn positive stress-coping and relapse-prevention skills that will empower you to lead a substance-free life.

Group of recovering alcoholics and addicts in treatment

Recovery Education

Curriculum designed to explain how alcoholism or drug addiction has impacted your life and what to be mindful of in the recovery process.

Group therapy addressing substance abuse

Group Counseling

Daily clinician-facilitated therapy session that enables you to openly express yourself and explore issues among others who understand what you are going through.

Male rehab patient in a meeting with drug addiction counselor at Mountainside

Individual Counseling

One-on-one sessions with a clinician to help you process thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to gain a clearer understanding of your inner-self and develop and strive towards personalized treatment goals.

Wellness

Our holistic wellness offerings strengthen your addiction treatment plan by teaching you ways to cultivate total wellness ⎼ mind, body, and spirit. A variety of evidence-based, alternative treatments help you manage withdrawal, tackle your doubts and fears, and embrace change, so you can begin to redefine what it truly means to live a healthy life free from drugs and alcohol.

Art therapy in opioid addiction treatment program.

Therapeutic Art

Emotional exploration and personal fulfillment through art therapy techniques including drawing, collages, and hands-on crafts.

Healthy foods to repair the damage caused by substance abuse.

Nutrition Education

Group designed to create mindful eating habits by exploring the role nutrition plays in recovery. Activities include label reading, food preparation, and food tastings.

Meditation

Practice of centering the mind on breathing and sensations of the body to achieve mental clarity, cultivate serenity, and emotional stability.

Sleep Education

Tips and practices to promote deep relaxation and enhance sound sleep, allowing you to sleep better and longer while in addiction treatment and after.

Yoga

Sequence of postures and breathing exercises to unite your physical, mental, and spiritual self in order to strengthen total wellness.

Luxury Detox Suite

We offer a private suite for those individuals who are unable to disconnect from a demanding professional or personal life, and those looking for an added level of confidentiality.

Learn more about our Luxury Detox Suite

What is Detox?

Typical Day at Mountainside’s Detox Program

MORNING

Breakfast
Vital Signs Check
Medications
Group Counseling
Therapeutic Art
Recovery Education

AFTERNOON

Lunch
Vital Signs Check
Individual Counseling
Nutrition Education
Yoga

EVENING

Dinner
AA Speaker Meeting
Free Time
Vital Signs Check
Sleep Education

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can’t I just detox on my own?

Detoxing without medication and monitoring can be dangerous, especially if you have been using alcohol or benzodiazepines. Some of these dangers can include seizures and even death. Even if you are not at risk, you may feel extremely sick or very uncomfortable, which significantly increase your risk of relapse and cause you to start drinking or using drugs again. It is often much safer and more comfortable to detox in a medical setting. Please do speak with an addiction treatment professional to determine what will be the best detox plan for you.

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Meet Our Detox Team

Board-certified psychiatrists, registered nurses, healthcare specialists, and licensed clinicians of the highest caliber provide you with the medical and clinical support you need during this stage in your recovery.