East TN Addiction Specialists

They provide outpatient, inpatient residential and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Alcoa is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Maryville, 2.7 miles away.

Maryville has 12 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

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

Within 14 miles there are 8 other centers, across Alcoa, Louisville and Knoxville.

Compare what each one actually provides rather than how each one describes itself. What a program arranges for the weeks after discharge says more about it than anything in its own description. Check the accreditation yourself rather than taking the logo at face value.

Expect questions rather than a pitch, and expect them to be fairly direct. Understating the amount is the most common mistake on that call, and it leads to the wrong level of care being offered. Ask what happens between the call and the first day, and who is responsible for each part.

Outpatient programs are built around working hours precisely because most people cannot stop working. An employer is generally entitled to dates and a clinician's confirmation, not to a diagnosis. Ask about evening and weekend schedules before ruling treatment out on time grounds.