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They are set up for 3 levels: outpatient, detox and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Middletown, 1 offers a bed.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 3 of the 8 centers near Middletown offer one at all.

They treat adults up to and past 65. Ask whether the group sessions are mixed age, because in Middletown that often means one room rather than two.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Middletown.

They prescribe methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. Methadone in particular is dispensed under rules that differ from the others, so confirm it before traveling into Middletown.

Most people in treatment have something else going on as well, and the good programs expect it. A diagnosis made while someone is still using can be wrong, so assessment often waits until after detox. Bring any existing diagnosis and the name of whoever is treating it.

A treatment program cannot confirm to a caller that you are there without your written permission. Where an employer is funding treatment, it is normally told that you attended and not what was discussed. Ask how a claim through your insurance would appear, if that is the part that worries you.

Detox beds turn over fastest because the stays are shortest. The longest lists tend to sit at the programs that cost the least, which is the genuinely hard part of this. Ask to be put on a cancellation list as well as the main one.