Mental healthAnxiety
Anxiety and addiction, treated together
Anxiety is the condition most often underneath a drinking problem, and alcohol is the fastest unhelpful treatment for it available without a prescription.
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The essentials
Anxiety and detox, in short
Anxiety and drinking form a loop that tightens. Medical detox with psychiatric support in Austin, Houston and San Antonio, including supervised benzodiazepine tapers.
Not sure whether anxiety is part of what is going on?
An assessment answers that, free.
At a glance
Co-occurring · Anxiety
- Condition
- Anxiety
- Treated
- Alongside medical detox, not instead of it
- Locations
- Austin · Houston · San Antonio
- What we do
- 4 things, in full below
- Signs to call about
- 4 listed — recognition, not a checklist
- What we do not do
- We treat anxiety as it sits alongside withdrawal and substance use. We do not run a standalone anxiety program, and if that is what you need we will t
- Admissions
- (866) 710-7710 — answered 24 hours a day
- Insurance
- In network with most major carriers; benefits verified free
Coverage
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How the two feed each other
A drink genuinely reduces anxiety for about an hour. What follows is a rebound above where you started, so the next morning is worse than the one before and the obvious fix is another drink. The same loop runs faster with benzodiazepines, which were often prescribed for the anxiety in the first place.
What withdrawal does to it
Anxiety and panic are the most common symptoms of the first 72 hours, and they are treated rather than waited out. If you have been taking benzodiazepines, stopping abruptly is genuinely dangerous and the taper is the medical reason to do this somewhere with a physician.
Reasons people call us about this
- You drink before things that other people do sober.
- You wake early with your heart going and cannot get back to sleep.
- Your prescription runs out before the month does.
- You have tried to stop and the panic that followed frightened you into starting again.
What we do
- A supervised benzodiazepine taper rather than an abrupt stop, where one is needed.
- Comfort medication for panic and physical symptoms from the first hours.
- A psychiatric evaluation, so the anxiety is assessed rather than assumed.
- Somewhere to be for the days when sleep is the hardest part.
What we do not do
We treat anxiety as it sits alongside withdrawal and substance use. We do not run a standalone anxiety program, and if that is what you need we will tell you on the call. What we can do is get you through the part where stopping makes the anxiety worse.
More on how the two are handled together during a stay: dual diagnosis support during detox.
Straight answers
Anxiety and detox — common questions
Do you get anxiety when you quit drinking?
Yes — anxiety and panic are the most common symptoms of the first 72 hours. A drink reduces anxiety for about an hour and is followed by a rebound above where you started, so stopping removes the short-term relief before the baseline settles. In detox these symptoms are treated rather than waited out.
Is it dangerous to stop taking Xanax on my own?
It can be. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is one of the two that can become medically dangerous without supervision, alongside alcohol. The safe route is a taper managed by a physician, which is what a supervised detox is for.
Will my anxiety be worse without alcohol?
Briefly, yes, and then better than before. The rebound in the first days is real and is why people restart. Getting through that window with medical support is most of what detox does.
Can I be treated for anxiety if I am not sure I have a drinking problem?
Call and describe it. Admissions works out whether detox is the right level of care, and says so plainly when it is not.
Where we are
Where we offer this
Three locations, each with its own admissions line and its own clinical team. Pick the one nearest you — or call and we will tell you which has a bed tonight.
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Inpatient Austin, TX
11711 N Lamar Blvd · 78753
- 15 beds
- On-site labs
- 24-hour medical staff
Drug & Alcohol Detox in Austin, TX
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Inpatient Houston, TX
1019 Ashland St · 77008
- On-site labs
- 24-hour medical staff
Drug Detox Center in Houston, TX
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Outpatient San Antonio, TX
6707 W Hausman Rd · 78249
- Outpatient detox with scheduled medical visits
- Outpatient treatment
Outpatient Drug & Alcohol Detox in San Antonio
What happens after detox
The mental-health side is treated in the levels of care that follow, and the referral is arranged before you leave rather than left to you.
- Briarwood Detox CenterMedical detoxDetox is withdrawal management — getting the substance out of your system with medical staff watching, so the days that can be dangerous are managed rather than survived alone. It is the first stage of treatment, not a substitute for it.See where we offer it
Inpatient treatmentInpatient treatment is where the work moves from the body to what put you here. You live on site, the days are structured, and there is nothing to manage except the treatmentAbout inpatient treatment- Briarwood Detox CenterOutpatient treatmentOutpatient treatment is the same clinical work as residential care, on a schedule that lets you keep your job and sleep in your own bed. We deliver it at our San Antonio location, and it is also available through Nova Recovery Center.See where we offer it
Sober livingSober living is housing, not treatment: a substance-free home with structure, accountability and people at the same stage. Most people live in one WHILE they are in outpatient treatment rather than after itAbout sober living
All three are one company: Briarwood Detox Center and Eudaimonia Recovery Homes are part of Nova Recovery Center, so a single call arranges whichever comes next.