Addiction Research and Treatment Inc - (ART)

They provide outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Berkeley is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They detox from opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 5 of the 8 centers near Richmond offer one at all.

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

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. The nearest alternative is in Berkeley, 6.2 miles away, if the age is the thing that rules this one out.

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 Richmond.

Richmond has 24 NA meetings too, and most people end up using both.

Treatment that involves the household tends to hold up better than treatment that does not. What a center can tell a family member is limited by privacy law, and that limit holds even for a parent of an adult. Ask what the household should have in place before the first weekend at home.

Identification, insurance details, prescriptions in their labeled containers, and about a week of clothes. Most residential programs search bags on arrival and hold anything they do not allow until you leave. Ask what to do about prescriptions and mail arriving at home while you are away.