Addiction Recovery: PAW or Post Acute Withdrawal

During this portion of the outpatient addiction treatment program at The Right Step, you will have the opportunity to continue furthering your comprehension of PAW, which is an acronym for Post-acute withdrawal.

Experienced, qualified addiction recovery professionals will be helping you to learn that post-acute withdrawal is a bio-psycho-social syndrome.

Recovery from post-acute withdrawal causes a great deal of stress. However, many chemically dependent people never learn to manage stress without alcohol and drug use.

Development of PAW Symptoms

In this drug addiction and alcohol addiction treatment session, you will also learn that the symptoms of PAW typically grow to peak intensity over three to six months after abstinence begins.

The damage is usually reversible, meaning the major symptoms go away in time if proper treatment is received. It results from the combination of damage to the nervous system caused by alcohol or drugs and the psychosocial stress of coping with life without drugs or alcohol.

As you are presented with more information regarding the biology of addiction in your addiction treatment program, you will learn that the stress aggravates the brain dysfunction and makes the symptoms worse. The severity of PAW depends upon two things, which include the severity of the brain dysfunction caused by the addiction and the amount of psychosocial stress experienced in addiction recovery.

You will also be encouraged to find that there is no need to fear. With proper treatment and effective sober living, it is possible to learn to live normally in spite of the impairments. However, the adjustment in sobriety does not occur rapidly.

Addiction Treatment Locations

Residents of local Texas and New Mexico cities including Plano TX, Richardson TX, Terrell TX, El Paso TX, Fort Davis TX and Laredo TX often receive treatment for their addiction to drugs or alcohol through the Intensive Outpatient Programs at one of 20 convenient Right Step locations.

Outpatient Alcohol Treatment and Outpatient Drug Treatment programs are offered in Austin TX, Baytown TX, Beaumont TX, Conroe TX, Dallas TX, Euless TX, The Woodlands TX, San Antonio TX, Plano TX, Houston TX, Ft. Bend TX, Pasadena TX, Wimberley TX, Albuquerque NM.

Residential Treatment centers in DFW, Houston and Austin are also provided for recovery from addiction disease, attracting individuals from Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arizona and other areas of the United States to participate in recovery programs at The Right Step.