Editing Detoxification (section)

===Alcohol detoxification===
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Alcohol detoxification is a process by which a heavy drinker's system is brought back to normal after being [[habituation|habituated]] to having alcohol in the body continuously for an extended period of substance abuse. Serious alcohol addiction results in a downregulation of [[GABA]] [[neurotransmitter]] receptors. Precipitous [[alcohol withdrawal|withdrawal]] from long-term alcohol addiction without medical management can cause severe health problems and can be fatal. Alcohol detox is not a treatment for [[alcoholism]]. After detoxification, other treatments must be undertaken to deal with the underlying addiction that caused alcohol use.