Alexandria Community Services Board

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

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Arlington, 2.9 miles away.

Yes, they offer a veterans program, one of 12 named programs at this address.

They prescribe methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Alexandria, not all of them do.

They treat both, and the rest of what they are set up for is adolescents, adult men, adult women, court referrals, hiv/aids, pain management, past domestic violence, past sexual abuse, past trauma, pregnant/postpartum and veterans.

A well designed program treats its own ending as a handover rather than a finish. A recurrence in the first month is common, and a plan that anticipates it is worth more than one that does not. Ask what the discharge plan looks like before you choose the program.

Being sent rather than choosing to go changes the paperwork more than it changes the treatment. An approved list is kept by the court or the supervising officer, and programs move on and off it. Keep your own record of every session attended.

Expect days for withdrawal management, weeks for a residential program, and months for anything outpatient. A plan may approve days in batches and review before extending, so the length can change while you are in it. If you can only be away for a fixed period, say so at the start rather than partway through.