Addiction Research and Treatment Inc - (ART)

They offer outpatient and detox. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and San Francisco has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

They handle detox for opioids. Ask how many days theirs lasts, because that varies more between places than people expect and San Francisco has 8 other centers to compare.

They prescribe 2 medications: methadone and buprenorphine. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to San Francisco.

One of their programs is built for people who are pregnant or just postpartum, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 4 named here.

They are outpatient. If someone needs to be away from where they are using, San Francisco has the nearest beds, under a mile away.

Dual diagnosis means both are present, and treating them together is the current standard of care. A program that tells you to come back once the mental health side is handled has effectively declined to treat you. Ask whether both conditions are handled by one team or passed between two.

Expect days for withdrawal management, weeks for a residential program, and months for anything outpatient. Outpatient programs often involve three to five sessions a week at first, then taper to one. Ask what happens on the last day, and what gets arranged before it.

A program treats the fact that you are there as confidential by default, including from whoever is paying. A release of information is how that changes, it is signed by you, and it can name one person and one purpose. Read what you sign at intake, because the release is in that stack.