Detoxification services are for people in Oakland who require help abstaining from drugs and alcohol, which can prove difficult when an individual is physically and/or psychologically dependent on drugs or alcohol. Individuals in Oakland find it difficult to quit using drugs because of the process they will have to endure to detox on their own. Many physical and mental issues arise because the individual starts to experience drug and/or alcohol withdrawal, symptoms of which can vary from flu like symptoms to severe depression and anxiousness. In a professional detoxification program in Oakland, detoxification services help the individual through this course of action as safe as possible and provide the needed emotional support to get a person through detoxification without falling back into drug use. Oakland detoxification services are only the initial stage of a complete drug rehabilitation program that will fully address underlying drug addiction issues so that the person can continue to be sober.