Casselton Consultants

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

They do not detox. Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines in particular is a medical event, and the closest place set up for it is in Henrico, about a mile away.

No. If medication matters to you ask directly, because it is the hardest thing to change later and not every place around Richmond offers it.

Veterans are one of the 5 groups they offer a dedicated program for.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Richmond.

Aftercare is whatever holds the weeks after a program ends, and it is the part people most often skip. Where medication is part of the plan, the handover to a community prescriber is the gap to watch. Ask what the discharge plan looks like before you choose the program.

Nearly every plan includes something for this, and the detail is in which level of care it will approve. A plan tends to approve a level of care in blocks of days, then review whether to carry on. Ask whether the quote covers the detox as well, because frequently it does not.

Publicly funded residential programs tend to have the longest lists and the lowest cost. Private programs typically have shorter waits and higher prices, and both facts are part of the same picture. Ask to be told if an earlier place opens, then check back rather than waiting to be called.