Cedar Springs Hospital - New Choices Dual Diagnosis Program

They are set up for 2 levels: inpatient hospital and detox. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Colorado Springs, 1 offers a bed.

They provide detox for 5 substances: opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Colorado Springs has 8 other centers.

They treat pregnant and postpartum clients. Ask whether prenatal care is on site or coordinated with somewhere else in Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs has 233 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

The nearest other center is under a mile away, in Colorado Springs, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

Residential care is a bed and a program. Outpatient care is a schedule of appointments. Outpatient care is a fraction of the cost and is the level most people are treated at. Ask for an assessment rather than a recommendation, then ask what the assessment found.

Plans sold on the marketplace have to include addiction treatment, so the open question is which level of care yours will approve. A plan tends to approve a level of care in blocks of days, then review whether to carry on. Call (844) 822-5800 and someone can look at the plan with you before you commit to anything.

The documents matter: identification, insurance details, and anything a prescriber has written for you. Medications normally have to arrive in the original labeled container, so a pill organizer can be refused at the door. Put the medication list together before anything else, and include doses and who prescribed them.