Xanax is a prescription medication that comes with a high risk of addiction. Getting over addiction takes time and effort, and there are many forms of treatment out there that can help you at different stages in your recovery.
If you or someone close to you has struggled with Xanax addiction, it’s important to have realistic expectations about your Xanax recovery timeline and what options are available for you at different stages in your recovery.
Xanax Recovery Timeline
Your Xanax recovery timeline can be broken down into your initial detox, treatment, and long-term recovery.
For your initial detox, your Xanax recovery timeline averages one week, with symptoms of Xanax withdrawal getting progressively worse, reaching a climax, and then diminishing. During that time, however, while all of your symptoms get progressively worse for the first few days before getting better, the precise symptoms you experience can ebb and flow during that time, with some symptoms fading after the first day but then coming back the third or fourth.
For your ongoing treatment, the Xanax recovery timeline is based on the severity of your addiction and what type of treatment you get. Severe addiction might necessitate inpatient treatment, for which the minimum is typically 30 days. However, you might choose to extend your treatment plan to a 60-day program or even a 90-day program.
You can choose to combine levels of care, starting with a 30-day inpatient program or a 3-week intensive outpatient program and then transitioning to a few more weeks of outpatient care or even a few months of traditional outpatient care with weekly support and group meetings.
Note: This particular timeline looks different for everyone, and as there are multiple levels of care, you can choose to move back and forth between them as you need. Also, at any point, if you relapse, you can turn to virtual support for your mental health or addiction recovery, or you can return to a treatment center for an additional level of care to give you more tools and support as you continue to rebound.
For your long-term recovery, the Xanax recovery timeline is a lifetime. Addiction is a chronic condition, and that means it is something with which you will struggle your entire life. However, the goal of your detox is to get you over the physical addiction with the rest of your treatment, starting you off on your journey toward managing your recovery.
After you have participated in your appropriate level of care, you can turn to ongoing support in the form of things like:
- Life skills
- Virtual Coaching
- Family therapy
- Mental health coaching
All of these services can provide the next step in your support system by giving you very flexible scheduling options and a multitude of virtual programs that offer support when you need it most. This support is highly customizable with options for family therapy, where you can work to improve communication or rebuild relationships after Xanax addiction, or personal mental health treatment, where you can deal with underlying mental health disorders that may have contributed to your addiction.
Getting Ongoing Xanax Recovery Support
With Aligned Living, you can participate in virtual substance abuse treatment as a form of continuing care for Xanax recovery. Addiction is a chronic condition, which means recovery from Xanax addiction is an ongoing recovery plan, something that requires continued support well beyond your initial level of detox and inpatient or outpatient care.
That’s where we step in.
With Aligned Living, you can participate in virtual substance abuse treatment, including life skills training and drug testing services, with a unique virtual program designed to support you at any stage of your recovery journey. Whether you have just finished Xanax rehab or you are trying to get help progressing in your recovery after several months or years, we are here for you.
Our unique programs can help you navigate the challenges of everyday life when you are in recovery, providing flexible scheduling for our virtual substance abuse treatment, with coaching that you can set up on a daily basis with quick check-ins just to see how you’re doing, or more comprehensive setups where we sit and discuss for an hour.
Call or email now to see how you can get ongoing Xanax recovery support from the comfort of your home.