Detoxification
Control withdrawal, wash out the substance from the system withdrawal occur because brain has physically adapted to presence of the particular drug and cannot act adequately in its absence.

Replacements are used.

Counselling
It focuses on day to day life issues to help patients maintain a high level of motivation for abstinence and to enhance their functioning. Counselling deals with how to build a lifestyle free of alcohol.

Counselling is done in two ways:
Individual
Group

Counselling develops modes of coping to be used when for alcohol increases and when any event of emotional state makes a return to addiction.

Recovery is a process of trial and error, patients use steps to occur to identify high risk situations and develop more appropriate coping techniques.

Most treatment efforts recognize that the affect of drug has a significant effect on relationships and important aspect of recovery involves helping family members and close friends understand the disease and realize that rehabilitation is an ongoing process that last 6-12 months.