Area Substance Abuse Council

They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Vinton is set up for.

No detox, here or anywhere listed within 14 miles of Vinton. Ask whether they will take somebody straight after a detox done elsewhere, because most will.

Yes, they offer a veterans program, one of 13 named programs at this address.

It is the only one in that radius. Telemedicine is worth asking about where the nearest alternative is far.

They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in Vinton are in it too, or only the one to one ones.

It normally means continuing outpatient sessions, a prescriber if medication is involved, and free meetings. An alumni group, a weekly session and a prescriber are the three pieces most plans are built from. Ask who to ring at two in the morning, and get the number written down.

Expect questions rather than a sales pitch, and expect them to be direct. If you have been through treatment before, what did not work is useful information rather than a mark against you. Write down who you spoke to and what they committed to.

Residential care means time away. Outpatient care usually does not. Some professions have licensing bodies with their own reporting rules, and those are worth checking separately. Read your own leave policy before telling anybody anything.