Alcohol detox with a medical team beside you.
Withdrawal is the part people are most afraid of, and the part you should never go through alone. At Lumiere, detox happens under medical supervision, in a private setting outside Cincinnati, with people who have been where you are.
Covered by most insurance companies
Phone and chat support around the clock
Walk-ins accepted at any time
Your path to recovery
Addiction is a health condition. We treat it like one.
Alcohol and drug addiction affect people regardless of age, background, or circumstance, and they affect the people who love them too. Nothing about arriving here requires an explanation or an apology.
Your health and safety come first. When you arrive, our team completes a thorough medical evaluation and monitors your detox closely, using medication where it’s needed to ease withdrawal symptoms or cravings.
Detox gives your body room to stabilize. It also gives your mind a starting point — healthier ways to handle the stress that will still be waiting when the physical symptoms pass.
What actually happens
Alcohol detox, one stage at a time
Most people searching this page are trying to picture something they’ve never done. Here is the shape of it.
Stage one
Assessment
A confidential conversation with a social worker or counselor covering your medical history, substance use, and current symptoms. No obligation, and no judgment. A physician reviews the plan that comes out of it.
Stage two
Stabilization
The first stretch, when withdrawal symptoms are most active. You’re under inpatient medical care, with medication available to manage symptoms and cravings when it’s clinically appropriate.
Stage three
Monitoring
Our medical staff tracks how your body is responding and adjusts as things change. How long this takes depends on the substance involved and on you — it isn’t the same for two people.
Stage four
What comes next
Detox handles the physical dependency. Before you finish, we build the plan for the part that follows — inpatient care, PHP, IOP, or outpatient, depending on what you need.
What actually happens
Alcohol detox, one stage at a time
We build your treatment plan with you, around the substance involved, the symptoms you’re having, and everything else you’re carrying.
Beyond stabilization, care opens up: individual, group, and family counseling. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness practice, and motivational work to help you recognize the patterns underneath the use.
Community support groups sit alongside yoga, relaxation techniques, pet therapy, and creative arts — because recovery asks more of a person than getting through withdrawal.
What we detox from
Alcohol detox
Alcohol withdrawal can be medically dangerous, which is why it should be supervised. Our program combines personalized therapy with medical care to address the symptoms safely and get you to stable ground.
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Drug detox
Whether the dependency involves prescription medication or illicit drugs, our approach addresses the physical, psychological, and emotional sides of it together rather than one at a time.
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Detox and rehab are not the same
People often use the words interchangeably. Knowing the difference helps you understand what you’re being offered.
Comes First
Detox
The medical process of clearing addictive substances from the body and managing withdrawal safely.
It focuses on the physical side of addiction. The goal is stability — getting you through withdrawal in one piece so the real work can start.
Comes After
Rehab
The broader treatment process that follows detox, addressing the psychological effects alongside the physical ones.
Rehab uses therapy and other treatment approaches to help you understand the behavior, build coping mechanisms that hold, and prepare for life after treatment.
We accept most major insurances
Cost keeps people from calling. It shouldn’t. We’ll verify your benefits before you commit to anything.
Where you'll be
A private setting for your recovery
Lumiere sits on a quiet private golf course outside Cincinnati. Seeing the place takes some of the fear out of arriving.
People who went through it
Where detox leads
Detox is the first step, not the whole treatment. Everything below happens under the same roof, so there’s no handoff to a stranger when you’re ready to move on.
Inpatient rehab
Round-the-clock residential care in a structured environment.
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Partial hospitalization
Intensive daytime programming without an overnight stay.
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Intensive outpatient
Treatment that fits around work, family, and community.
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Aftercare & alumni
Ongoing support and community once formal treatment ends.
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Questions people ask before they call
How long does detox take?
It depends on the substance and on how your body responds — there’s no single answer, and anyone who gives you one is guessing. Your medical team monitors your progress and tells you where you stand as you go.
Will I be given medication?
Where it’s clinically appropriate, yes. Medication can ease withdrawal symptoms and reduce cravings, and our medical team decides that case by case as part of your individual plan.
Can I come in today?
We accept walk-ins at any time, and phone and chat support are available 24/7. The first step is a no-obligation assessment, which can happen over the phone or in person.
Is detox covered by insurance?
Most major insurance plans are accepted. Call and we’ll verify your specific benefits before you make any decisions — there’s no cost to find out.
What if I've tried to quit before and it didn't hold?
That’s the norm rather than the exception, and it isn’t a mark against you. Returning to use is common in the course of a chronic health condition. What matters is what’s in place this time.
Can my family be involved?
Family counseling is part of what we offer, and our aftercare and alumni programming extends support past the end of formal treatment.
You don't have to have it figured out to call
One conversation, no obligation. We’ll talk through what’s going on and what the options are — including the ones that aren’t us.
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