Aegis Treatment Centers LLC

They offer outpatient and detox. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Merced has 4 other centers within 14 miles.

They detox from opioids, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to Merced.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. The nearest alternative is in Atwater, 6.8 miles away, if the age is the thing that rules this one out.

Within 14 miles there are 4 other centers, across Atwater.

Merced has 73 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

List price and what you actually pay are different numbers, and only the second one matters to you. Some centers hold a small number of funded places and do not advertise them, so the question is worth asking out loud. Cost is a reasonable thing to lead with, and nobody answering a treatment line will be surprised by it.

It starts with a short assessment: the substance, the pattern, your health, and where you live. Honest answers get a better recommendation, and understating the amount is the most common way people get sent to the wrong level of care. Write down who you spoke to and what they committed to.

The gap between a return to use and picking the phone up again is the part worth shortening. Where the first attempt had no medication and no aftercare, those are the two obvious things to change. Say what happened last time and what was missing from the plan.