Addiction Recovery Symptoms after Initial Withdrawal Stages

In this particular addiction recovery session of your outpatient substance abuse addiction recovery program at The Right Step, you will be learning many details regarding PAW, which is the acronym for Post-acute withdrawal.

Post -acute withdrawal means symptoms that occur after acute withdrawal. The word post often functions as a prefix and means after. In this case, symptom means a group of symptoms.

Post-acute withdrawal is a group of symptoms of addictive disease that occur as a result of abstinence from addictive chemicals. In the alcoholic or drug addict, these symptoms appear seven to fourteen days into abstinence, after stabilization from the acute withdrawal.

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction: Sobriety-Based Symptoms

When most people think about alcoholism or drug addiction, they think only of the alcohol or drug-based symptoms and forget about the sobriety-based symptoms. Yet, it is the sobriety-based symptoms, especially post acute withdrawal, that make sobriety so difficult.

As you move forward in this part of your outpatient addiction treatment program at The Right Step, you will learn that the presence of brain dysfunction has been documented in 75-95% of the recovering alcoholics and drug addicts tested.

Learning more about the biology of addiction in this substance abuse addiction treatment course will help you to discover that recent research indicates that the symptoms of post-acute withdrawal associated with alcohol and drug-related damage to the brain may contribute to cases of relapse back into active substance abuse.

Addiction Treatment Locations

Residents of local Texas and New Mexico cities including Lufkin TX, Conroe TX, Nacogdoches TX, Fredericksburg TX, Kerrville TX, and Killeen 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.