GHB Addiction

Our Treatment Programs are crafted with a multi-disciplinary and medically guided approach that focuses on healing the patient. It is personalised based on the addictive substance(s) that the client is addicted to, their personal history, family history, circumstances that led to addiction, gender, physical health and other variables as at the time of admission. The Program is a combination of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT), Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy(REBT), 12 Step Program approved by the World Health Organization and Family Therapy.

Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid or GHB in short is a synthetic drug that is used widely as an anaesthetic or as a sleeping pill. Overdose to GHB causes confusion, dizziness, blurred vision, hot/cold flushes, profuse sweating, vomiting, and loss of consciousness. Long-term effects include liver failure, seizures, breathing difficulties, slipping into comatose, cognitive difficulties and perceptual abnormalities such as hallucinations.

Recovery from GHB Addiction at Phoenix starts with detox under the guidance of trained medical professionals that help the addict overcome withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms can be highly reduced while in the In-Patient treatment program offered at Phoenix. Post detox we follow a recovery model built on personal counselling, group counselling and other programs centred around recovery. Our treatment program also involves a family program that guides the family through the recovery program and prepares them for the future.