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Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock is one of the larger towns in Scotland, and specifically, one of the larger towns in the wider area of East Ayrshire.

While Kilmarnock boasts some well-catalogued history and has picturesque surrounding countryside, the area also suffers from moderate to high crime rates, and a portion of this crime involves drug and alcohol abuse.

To combat this, drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock is an important aspect of the local community.

Across the UK, drug and alcohol abuse and misuse are linked with higher levels of crime and social behaviour. It is also widely recognised that an addiction to drugs or alcohol can have devastating effects on you, as the person with the addiction, and on your community more broadly.

It impacts employment rates, wreaks havoc with your personal finances, negatively affects your health and wellbeing physically and psychologically, and can cause damage to the relationships that you have with your valued family and friends.

You can read more about the disease of addiction here.

Drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock can work to counter the worst effects of drug and alcohol misuse and addiction. Firstly, by supporting you as you break your addiction and work towards recovery and abstinence, rehab will improve your health, your finances, and your personal relationships.

If you are interested in the abuse of drugs and alcohol in Kilmarnock or are impacted by any of the issues of drug and alcohol addiction, you should learn more about the options and processes of drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock.

Start your long-term recovery journey today at a rehab in Kilmarnock by calling our expert team on 0800 088 66 86

Staging an intervention in Kilmarnock

It can be extremely challenging, as the family and friends of a drug or alcohol addict, to watch a person you care about inflicting damage upon themselves. If you are close to an addict who is refusing to make a change in their life with regard to their substance abuse and misuse, your options are limited.

However, those limited options do include staging an intervention.

Staging an intervention is loosely defined by three major steps. First, along with other like-minded family and friends, you should plan to share your feelings with the addict, and reveal how their behaviour has been impacting you.

After outlining this, the group should set some reasonable and achievable goals for the addict. These goals might be as big as attending drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock, or something smaller like attending a local Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous group.

Finally, the group should set out the consequences of failing to make the goal or make decent progress towards it.

If it is successful, the intervention might even go as far as making the addict think about accessing drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock.

The CRAFT approach to intervention

CRAFT stands for ‘Community reinforcement approach and family training’, and is a type of intervention which is useful for a family and friend support group to consider when staging an intervention.

Interventions come in all different shapes and sizes, and for some, the CRAFT approach might immediately be the most appealing.

The CRAFT approach to interventions is based on the principle of reinforcement. It reinforced positive behaviours with positive rewards while highlighting the damaging impact of negative behaviour.

In practice, the CRAFT approach is very straightforward. When the addict takes positive action, such as reducing their substance intake or taking on more responsibilities instead of shunning them, the support group should take the time to reward that choice with celebration and praise.

This will reinforce the idea that positive behaviour is a good thing, with good outcomes.

On the other hand, the CRAFT approach will allow any negative consequences of negative behaviours to play out without stepping in. This might seem harsh, and even counter-intuitive, but it will really emphasise the difference between positive actions and negative actions.

Staging an intervention is a challenging process which requires a lot of willpower and discipline, so don’t be disappointed if it doesn’t succeed.

Ultimately, addiction is a medical issue, which can’t always be resolved through interventions. Sometimes, only drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock can create lasting change.

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How do I know if I’m addicted to drugs or alcohol?

It might seem obvious whether or not you are addicted to drugs or alcohol. Even if you drink every day, or smoke cannabis every day, you might believe that you are fully in control of your actions and behaviour.

Many people believe that they can ‘stop whenever I want to’, and the chances are that you might have heard someone with a form of addiction say this – or you might have said it yourself.

One way to assess whether or not you are addicted to drugs or alcohol is to put this to the test. Keep a diary of your thoughts and feelings as you withdraw from the use of drugs or alcohol for a set period of time – maybe two weeks.

Then you might find that you are able to go through the period of time without any change to your behaviour, thought processes, or actions, and this indicates that you aren’t addicted to drugs or alcohol.

However, there is a high chance that you will feel strong cravings, and they might seem uncontrollable. In response to these cravings, you might take actions that you wouldn’t otherwise take, and make decisions that seem out of character.

This is one indicator that an addiction to the substance has developed and taken hold of you.

Despite this and the evidence in front of you, you might still live in a state of denial. Maybe you just don’t want to think about the impact of addiction on your health, or on your personal finances.

Or, maybe due to the stigma of drug and alcohol addiction, facing up to reality makes you feel too guilty and too ashamed of the actions of your past and present.

Coming to terms with addiction can be hard, and it shouldn’t be underestimated by you, or by your family and friends. However, even with this challenge, it is still possible to make a change and seek drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock.

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How to determine whether you are addicted to drugs or alcohol: the CAGE questionnaire

One of the quickest and most accessible means of testing whether or not you are addicted to drugs and alcohol is the CAGE questionnaire. The CAGE questionnaire can assess whether or not you are living with addiction through six short questions.

Depending on your answers to these questions, the CAGE questionnaire will provide you with an indication of whether or not you are addicted to drugs or alcohol.

This is more efficient – and safer than conducting a withdrawal experiment, and seeing the outcome of the test can really make the reality of your addiction hit home, even if it isn’t a formal diagnosis.

The CAGE questionnaire can be the first step in a long journey toward recovery, and you can use it to begin thinking about drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock.

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What is rehab in Kilmarnock like?

Drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock is solely designed to help you overcome your addiction now and in the future.

Addiction is not considered a ‘choice’ or ‘moral failing’ on behalf of the addiction sufferer – so the focus of rehab is always on returning agency to the patient.

Your primary goal will be to undergo medical treatment for your addiction, in the form of alcohol or drug detox if necessary (but this depends on the substance to which you were addicted), before transitioning to a focus on therapy and aftercare.

Therapy will analyse your past experience with addiction. It will focus on how you came to be addicted, and which personal factors have fed into your relationship with substance abuse and addiction.

With this knowledge, you can make better choices in the future and you will have a stronger chance of preventing relapse.

Support groups play a large role in aftercare support, as you become involved with a network of people who have been through similar circumstances to you and understand your perspective and experiences.

You can motivate each other, and learn from each other’s mistakes in order to move towards the goal of recovery and abstinence.

Experts have agreed that abstinence is far more effective than harm reduction or moderation management.

Can I receive rehab treatment for addiction on the NHS?

The NHS does provide rehab services, and as someone addicted to drugs or alcohol, you can potentially receive drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock on the NHS.

However, the procedure you might have to go through to access rehab treatment for addiction is lengthy and complicated.

This is because the funding from which the NHS provides rehab treatment is allocated from local councils and bodied from ring-fenced funds.

In total, from application to decision, the process can take many months, and it isn’t certain that your application will be accepted.

While it would be free, the NHS model for treatment for addiction in drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock is a slow and difficult process. Addiction treatment is often required as a matter of urgency, and the NHS drug and alcohol rehab can’t always match that requirement.

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Should I go to inpatient or outpatient rehab treatment?

At the start of your addiction recovery journey, you will have to come to a decision on which type of treatment you will want to progress forward with.

Treatments are usually put into two categories, and these are inpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock and outpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock.

So what are the differences between the two types of treatment, and what should you take into account when making your decision?

First, it’s important to acknowledge that inpatient treatment usually sees the best short and long-term results, and people who have undergone inpatient treatment have lower rates of relapse.

However, for a proportion of people, inpatient treatment can’t fit into their life, especially if they have responsibilities as a carer or caregiver. In addition, outpatient treatment is likely to be the cheaper option, and you should bear this in mind when making your decision.

There are also medical factors to consider, and some types of addiction will have physical withdrawal symptoms which can be very difficult to manage or even dangerous. For these addictions, inpatient rehab treatment is the best course of action to keep you safe while you recover.

Ultimately, whether or not you choose inpatient or outpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock comes down to a personal decision, based on your own circumstances. However, you can speak to a professional if you would like advice.

Inpatient treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in Kilmarnock

Some environments are less suited to treatment than others. As an addict, your normal place of residence might not be the best place for you to go home to, after receiving treatment.

Our homes are often an extension of our personalities, and if you have lived as an addict for a period of time, your home might be full of triggers and temptations which could lure you back into addiction.

A residential inpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock will take you out of this environment for your entire treatment period.

You will stay in accommodation at the clinic, or in a quasi-residential treatment, you will stay in accommodation that isn’t the clinic, but that also isn’t your normal place of residence.

Removing you from your home allows you to direct all your time and energy to focus on your recovery, away from negative influences. For this reason, inpatient treatment often sees the best short and long-term results in Kilmarnock.

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Outpatient treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in Kilmarnock

As someone looking at options for drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock, you will want to consider outpatient treatment as well as inpatient treatment.

In outpatient treatment, you do not stay in accommodation in the rehab clinic or elsewhere after you’ve come in for treatment or therapy sessions. Instead, you can return to your usual place of residence.

Outpatient treatment comes with lots of benefits. It is more of a self-directed approach, with more flexibility, and it allows you to carry on with your work and social life while you undergo your treatment.

Because of this flexibility, outpatient treatment arguably requires more commitment than inpatient treatment, as it is easier to fall back into negative behaviours and succumb to negative influences.

Outpatient treatment is a good option to consider if your addiction doesn’t come with dangerous withdrawal symptoms that require constant monitoring and attention.

However, it is less effective than inpatient drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock, so you will want to make the decision carefully, and in consultation with a professional.

What is alcohol addiction?

Alcoholism is widely misunderstood in the UK. Some people think that it is simply drinking too much every so often, while others take a much more relaxed approach to the condition.

However, alcoholism is an extremely complex and dangerous addiction.

You can spot alcoholism in yourself or someone else through compulsive drinking which is impossible to control, intense cravings for alcohol, and withdrawal symptoms when you aren’t drinking alcohol for a period of time.

Like other addictions, alcoholism can be treated very effectively in drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock, and it is important that it is treated as soon as possible because alcoholism can be highly damaging to your mental health, and your physical health through damage to organs.

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Rehab treatment for alcohol

Alcohol addiction is a serious condition, and it will require serious treatment from drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock. Because alcohol is a physically addictive substance, treatment will first prioritise detoxing.

For alcohol addiction, this will take the form of a ten-day alcohol detox using the prescription drug Librium, because this will stop the development of delirium tremens (which can be life-threatening) through the onset of seizures.

Alcohol withdrawal symptoms can be hard to manage, and they can impact the way you feel physically and emotionally. Physically you might experience shakes and discomfort, and psychological withdrawal symptoms will usually include unpredictable changes to your mood and feelings of depression or anxiety.

After the detox phase, you will work to identify triggers through therapy.

Identifying triggers is a key part of relapse prevention, as it helps you come up with ways to avoid them in the future or create coping mechanisms to manage them.

This way, you will be able to live your life after rehab, equipped to deal with the challenges of being an alcohol addict in recovery.

Heroin rehab in Kilmarnock

Like alcohol addiction, heroin addiction is a physical condition as well as a mental condition. It is also highly dangerous, as a heroin overdose is one of the leading drug-related causes of mortality.

Therefore, seeking out drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock to deal with this addiction is very important to your well-being.

Heroin addiction treatment will begin with heroin detox, during which you may feel a wide variety of psychological withdrawal symptoms and physicalwithdrawal symptoms like restlessness and vomiting.

You will be assisted in the management of these by the rehab team, as well as a course of prescription drugs designed to limit symptoms.

Therapy and addiction counselling will then address the underlying causes that relate to your addiction, and part of the therapy phase will explore what triggers lead to drug use and how you might deal with them in the future.

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Cocaine rehab in Kilmarnock

Cocaine is extremely addictive, and people can become addicted to the drug after as little as one usage. However, cocaine addictions are linked with adverse impacts on your mental well-being, which can develop into more serious mental health disorders in the future.

This makes treatment for cocaine addiction from drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock important to your present and future.

Because cocaine and crack cocaine are not physically addictive, your treatment will focus on therapy. This therapy will explore why you became addicted to cocaine and the ways in which you can avoid the drug in the future. Cocaine detox will not be necessary.

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Cannabis rehab in Kilmarnock

Especially in young people, cannabis can impact your mental health in a variety of ways which are often underestimated. It is strongly linked with serious mental health conditions like depression, and this can even progress to suicidal ideations.

Because of this, and the other factors associated with cannabis, it is important to seek help for your cannabis addiction from drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock.

Like cocaine addiction, the treatment will focus on the implementation of therapy which will aim to help you lead a life free of addiction in the future by examining your past relationship with the drug. Cannabis detox is not necessary.

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What are the different types of drug and alcohol treatment in Kilmarnock?

Therapy is an integral part of the addiction recovery process, and it can help you to take control over your addiction and addiction-affirming behaviours while making significant changes to your life and your thought processes.

If therapy is not included as part of your alcohol or drug addiction treatment programme at rehab in Kilmarnock, you could find that your progress is limited and that you begin to slip back into relapses.

Therefore, even though it is sometimes underestimated, therapy is actually one of the most important aspects of your entire recovery process.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is one of the most well-known types of therapy, and it is excellent at dealing with addiction to substances and substance abuse and misuse more broadly.

This is because CBT was created to combat people’s negative behavioural cycles while exploring the reasons behind the negative behaviours.

Due to this, it is highly effective at dealing with addiction because addiction is, essentially, the maintenance of negative behavioural cycles beyond your control.

However, the drug and alcohol rehab team in Kilmarnock understands that CBT doesn’t work for everybody, because of a large variety of reasons. In this case, there are other options for therapy that you will be able to access.

A selection of alternative therapies to CBT includes:

• Family Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
• Holistic Therapy (Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Mindfulness, Meditation, Acupuncture, Yoga, Nutritional Counselling, etc.)
• Motivational Enhancement Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Group Therapy
• Individual Therapy

Each different type of therapy might be useful in its own way, and this process is about finding the right one for you. In most instances, this will be CBT, but there is flexibility and you can discuss your best options with the team at drug and alcohol rehab in Kilmarnock.

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What is a dual diagnosis treatment?

In a large proportion of cases, addiction coexists and interacts with another underlying mental health condition.

Dual diagnosis treatment recognises that if addiction is linked to an undiagnosed mental health condition the two conditions could be impacting each other in a variety of complex ways.

Effective addiction does not ignore an underlying mental health condition, if it is present, and has to take it into account alongside the addiction.

Understanding when two mental health conditions are present and coexisting allows for a complete form of therapy, which can have life-changing results.

With this in mind, it’s important that you, as an addict, recognise that you may have an underlying, undiagnosed mental health condition that is having an impact on your experiences with addiction.

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Relapse prevention

One of the most important parts of your recovery journey as an addict coming out of rehab treatment is your relapse prevention plan. But what is a relapse prevention plan?

It will help guide you through the most challenging parts of your recovery journey, which is when you come into contact with triggers.

You will have spent time, during therapy, identifying which triggers have historically led to your addictive behaviour.

Your relapse prevention plan will help you then avoid these triggers, and deal with them in healthier, more positive ways when you can’t avoid them.

Your relapse prevention plan will also plan for the event in which you relapse, and what to do if that happens. This way, even if you relapse, it doesn’t have to be the end of your recovery journey.

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Rehab aftercare and support services

Your aftercare is just as important as your treatment, and it is useful to be signposted towards various outlets of support for recovering addicts.

Some well-known services of this type include:

• Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous: Alcoholics Anonymous supports recovering alcoholics through regular local meetings where you can listen to and learn from the experience of people who have had similar circumstances to you. It is based on the principles of the 12-step programme and is an effective means of support and continued motivation. Narcotics Anonymous is the same, except that it offers support to addicts in recovery from drug addiction.
• SMART Recovery: SMART Recovery is another international group, and it has a useful online presence. Its guiding principles are focussed on the importance of rationality in recovery, and self-forgiveness.

You can also plan to make continued use of the services offered by the rehab clinic, such as self-administered drug detox kits, and local outpatient support.

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How much does rehab treatment in Kilmarnock cost?

Inpatient rehab, which is recommended for the best results, is expensive. Unless you do use an NHS rehab service, you will be expecting to pay around £14,000 for the recommended four-week stay in an inpatient residential rehab clinic.

Cheaper options are available, as are more expensive options if you can afford it and you want the added comfort. Overall, the price of a 28-day stay in inpatient rehab can be anywhere between £4,000 and £40,000.

These numbers might seem eye-wateringly expensive, but rehab can have a huge impact on your future health and the well-being of those around you.

If successful it can change your life forever.

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Getting Help Today

Professionally supported drug and alcohol rehab is one of the best ways to recover from addiction.

If you are struggling with drug or alcohol addiction in Kilmarnock, call Rehab Recovery for free today on 0800 088 66 86 and kickstart your recovery.

We can help you begin the recovery process immediately and find a suitable rehabilitation clinic to meet your unique requirements.

We offer connections to addiction treatment services across Scotland, including in Irvine, Ayrshire, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, Falkirk,  Dundee, Perth and many more.