Our unique approach allows clients to tackle seemingly insurmountable issues in a structured environment during the day then process the information and rest in a quiet residential drug-free environment at night.

Groups and one on one therapy can be intensive and thought provoking. Relaxation time is as important for growth as actual one on one and group therapy. Clients are given as much work and therapy as they can handle then allowed to rest in a homelike setting.

There are as many varieties and combinations of drugs used as there are drug detox protocols to treat various types of drug problems. In recent years we find that there are few people who use one particular drug exclusively. It is very common nowadays to see persons entering outpatient drug detox that use alcohol and cocaine, or alcohol and prescription medications for example. Some drug detox centers offer outpatient medical detox, others don't. Some offer day treatment services as well as outpatient detox services. Alcohol detox may be life threatening while heroin detox is not. Although heroin detox is painful without medications in drug rehab, some outpatient drug detox centers use medication to help heroin users get through detox comfortably. Alcohol detox on the other hand may not feel as painful, but certainly requires medication and medical monitoring to ensure safety.

When alcohol is combined with anxiety medications the result is that is even more important to prescribe the correct levels of medication to drug detox center clients because the anxiety drugs that these people take may render normal detox drugs useless. In these cases, medical drug detox is done using alternative medications that are just as effective.

Persons that have histories involving methamphetamines or cocaine may suffer from intrusive thoughts that may interfere with their ability to stay in treatment. These thoughts and the resultant paranoia tend to go away over a period of time but it is important to stabilize these clients using medication if necessary until these drugs completely leave the body.

Shorecliffs Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center provides outpatient drug rehab and day treatment services after drug detox is complete. It is rarely enough to simply remove drugs for recovery to be complete. Drug rehab gives persons the tools to remain free of drug addiction for life.