East TN Addiction Specialists

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

They do not offer one. Sorting detox out comes first, and Knoxville is the nearest place that does it, 6.3 miles away.

They provide outpatient care and not a residential stay, so there is no bed to wait for. The nearest place with one is in Knoxville, 4.2 miles away.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Knoxville.

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

Knoxville has 58 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

The questions that separate two programs are concrete ones about staffing, medication and what happens afterward. Paying a marketing company for referrals is common in this field, so who answers the phone is not always who treats you. Ask what happens if somebody wants to leave partway through, because the answer says a lot about how a place is run.

The point of the call is to work out which level of care fits, which takes a handful of questions. Having your insurance card in front of you shortens the whole thing considerably. Ask what the assessment after this call involves and whether it happens in person.