Women-Only Alcohol Treatment in California

Alcohol Rehab & Detox for Women in Agoura Hills

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Alcohol Treatment at Ohana Recovery Center

Ohana Recovery Center is a women-only residential alcohol rehab in Agoura Hills, California. Staff are on site 24 hours a day and medical support is on call around the clock, so the hardest days of early recovery are never faced alone. We are licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services and accredited by The Joint Commission, and detox here is clinically managed under our medical director, a board-certified addiction medicine physician.

Alcohol use disorder is a medical condition, not a failure of character. Over time, regular heavy drinking changes the brain’s reward, stress and self-control circuits, so that drinking becomes less a choice and more a compulsion, and stopping produces real physical and emotional withdrawal. It is also a relapsing condition: periods of not drinking followed by a return to it are part of the illness, not proof that treatment cannot work.

Alcohol affects women differently. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism reports that women reach higher blood alcohol levels than men from the same amount, develop alcohol-related liver disease, heart damage and certain cancers after fewer years of drinking, and progress from regular use to dependence faster, a pattern researchers call telescoping. Women are also more likely to drink to cope with anxiety, depression or trauma. Treatment that works for women has to account for all of that.

Trying to stop on your own is where most women get stuck, because withdrawal is uncomfortable at best and, for heavy daily drinkers, can be medically dangerous. Getting help for the first days is not weakness; it is the safe way through.

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Levels of Care for Alcohol Use Disorder

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Residential Inpatient

Live-in treatment with 24-hour staffing, daily therapy and a structured day in a private home, for women whose withdrawal risk, home environment or co-occurring symptoms make outpatient care unsafe.

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Clinically Managed Detox

Detox with 24-hour on-call medical support, overseen by our medical director. Severe alcohol or benzodiazepine dependence is referred for medically monitored detox first, then admitted.

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Dual Diagnosis

Depression, anxiety, PTSD and bipolar disorder are treated alongside alcohol use disorder by the same team, because drinking to cope is one of the most common patterns we see in women.

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How Alcohol Detox Works

Detoxification is the first stage of treatment, not treatment itself. It is the period, usually several days to a week for alcohol, during which your body clears the substance and your nervous system re-regulates. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration describes three components: evaluation, stabilization, and preparing you to enter treatment. At Ohana all three happen under clinical management with 24-hour on-call medical support.

Evaluation. Before admission a clinician asks how much and how often you drink, when you last drank, whether you have withdrawn before and what happened, what medications you take and what other health conditions you have. On arrival our medical team repeats and deepens this. The answers decide whether detox can happen safely with us or whether you need a medically monitored setting first.

Stabilization. Withdrawal symptoms are monitored around the clock. Where appropriate, medication is used to ease symptoms and reduce the risk of complications, alongside fluids, nutrition, rest and reassurance. You are not alone at night.

Entry into treatment. As symptoms settle, usually within days, you begin the therapeutic program: individual therapy, groups, family work and, where it fits, medication to reduce cravings such as naltrexone.

Detoxing alone, without clinical support, is where many women relapse and where the real medical danger lies. If you drink heavily every day, please do not stop suddenly without talking to a clinician first.

Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms and Timeline

When you drink regularly, your brain adapts to alcohol’s sedating effect by turning up its own excitatory signaling. Take the alcohol away and that signaling is suddenly unopposed. That is withdrawal, and it ranges from uncomfortable to life-threatening depending on how much and how long you have been drinking, your general health, and whether you have withdrawn before.

Mild to moderate symptoms, typically starting six to twenty-four hours after the last drink: anxiety, shakiness, sweating, headache, nausea, insomnia, racing heart, irritability and intense craving.

Severe symptoms, which affect a minority of heavy drinkers and are a medical emergency: hallucinations, confusion and disorientation, seizures (most often in the first two days), and delirium tremens, which usually begins two to three days after the last drink and can be fatal without treatment.

For most women the acute phase peaks around the second or third day and eases over about a week. Sleep problems, low mood and anxiety can linger for weeks and are treated as part of your ongoing plan. Because the dangerous symptoms are unpredictable, we assess every woman’s risk before admission and arrange medical monitoring when it is needed.

A Residential Alcohol Rehab in Agoura Hills

After detox you move into the residential program: a private home for a small group of women, with a full daily schedule of individual, group and family therapy, evidence-based approaches such as CBT and EMDR, and holistic practices including yoga, breathwork and meditation. Every clinician and staff member is a woman, and the program is trauma-focused by design, because so much of women’s drinking is drinking to cope.

The setting is quiet and private, in the hills a short drive from the Pacific. Comfort is not the treatment, but it makes staying easier, and staying long enough is one of the strongest predictors of recovery in the research.

What Treatment After Detox Includes

Detox clears alcohol from your body; it does not change the reasons you drank. That is the work of the weeks that follow: understanding the role alcohol played, treating the depression, anxiety or trauma underneath it, rebuilding sleep, nutrition and routine, repairing relationships through family therapy, and building a relapse-prevention plan you believe in.

Your plan may include medication-assisted treatment, naltrexone (including the monthly Vivitrol injection), to reduce craving, alongside therapy. Before you leave, your team arranges continuing care: an outpatient program or therapist, medical follow-up, recovery meetings, and a place in our alumni and family program.

Alcohol Rehab for Women in Agoura Hills, California

Ohana Recovery Center is a women-only residential treatment program at 1936 Hazel Nut Court, Agoura Hills, California. Our medical director, Sirisat Khalsa, MD, is board-certified in addiction medicine; our therapists, facilitators and staff are all women; and support is available 24 hours a day. We believe every woman who comes to us can build a life that does not revolve around alcohol, and we will be honest with you about what that takes.

We work with most major PPO and POS insurance plans and verify your benefits before you arrive. Call 866-382-5394.

Frequently asked questions about alcohol rehab and detox

About this page. Ohana Recovery Center is a women-only residential treatment program at 1936 Hazel Nut Court, Agoura Hills, California. We are licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services (license 191091AP, verify on the CHHS facility list) and accredited by The Joint Commission. Our medical director, Sirisat Khalsa, MD, is board-certified in addiction medicine. Detox at Ohana is clinically managed, with 24-hour on-call medical support. Nothing on this page is a promise about outcomes: recovery looks different for every woman, and the right level of care is decided with you after a confidential assessment.

How do I know if I need alcohol rehab?

Signs that treatment is worth a conversation include drinking more or longer than you intended, failed attempts to cut down, needing more to get the same effect, drinking to manage anxiety or sleep, withdrawal symptoms such as shakiness or sweating when you stop, and drinking that is costing you relationships, work or health. NIAAA defines heavy drinking for women as more than three drinks on any day or more than seven a week. A confidential assessment call is the simplest way to find out.

Is alcohol detox dangerous?

It can be. Most people have uncomfortable but manageable symptoms, but heavy daily drinkers can develop seizures or delirium tremens, which are medical emergencies. That is why detox should never be attempted alone and why we assess every woman’s risk before admission. Ohana provides clinically managed detox with 24-hour on-call medical support and refers high-risk cases for medically monitored detox first.

How long does alcohol detox take?

Acute withdrawal usually begins within six to twenty-four hours of the last drink, peaks around day two or three and eases over about a week. Sleep, mood and anxiety symptoms can last longer and are treated as part of ongoing care. Detox is the first stage of treatment, not the whole of it.

Do you use medication for alcohol addiction?

Yes, when it fits your plan. During detox, medication may be used to ease withdrawal and reduce the risk of complications. Afterward, naltrexone (oral or the monthly Vivitrol injection) can reduce craving. Medication is combined with therapy, never used instead of it.

What happens after rehab?

Before discharge your team builds an aftercare plan: an outpatient program or therapist, medical follow-up, a medication plan if relevant, recovery meetings, and ongoing contact through our alumni and family program. Alcohol use disorder is a chronic condition and continuing care after residential treatment is where long-term recovery is won.

Talk to a woman who answers the phone. Call 866-382-5394 or request a confidential callback. We can check your PPO or POS benefits the same day, and there is no obligation.

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If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or dial 911. Ohana is not an emergency service.