Medically reviewed by Mr. Pratik Masal, MBA (Healthcare Management)
Alcohol use disorder is a medical condition in which a person cannot reliably control their drinking despite harm to their health, work or relationships. Sharanam provides medically supervised residential treatment — beginning with monitored detox and continuing through counselling and relapse prevention.
What the treatment involves
- Medically supervised detox. This matters: alcohol withdrawal can be genuinely dangerous, causing seizures or delirium tremens, and is not safe to attempt alone at home. Withdrawal is monitored and managed with medication around the clock.
- Assessment of co-occurring mental illness — depression, anxiety and trauma very often sit underneath a drinking problem.
- Individual and group counselling, without moralising.
- Family therapy, because dependence affects the whole household.
- A written relapse-prevention plan — triggers, coping strategies and support contacts.
- Aftercare and continued contact after discharge.
What to realistically expect
Alcohol dependence is a chronic, often relapsing condition, and relapse is not a moral failure — it is a feature of the illness that the plan is built to catch early. Detox alone is not treatment; lasting change comes from the weeks of work that follow it. You can read more about our approach to addiction recovery.
Questions families ask
It can be. Alcohol withdrawal is one of the few withdrawals that can be life-threatening, causing seizures or delirium tremens in dependent drinkers. Medically supervised detox exists precisely so these risks are monitored and managed rather than gambled on.
Detox is typically around 7 to 14 days depending on severity, and meaningful rehabilitation usually needs several more weeks of residential care. Anyone promising a guaranteed cure in a fixed number of days is not being straight with you.