ETHOS Treatment LLC

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

They do not detox, and nothing inside 14 miles of Pittsburgh does either. Ask them where they send people, because a place without one usually has somewhere it refers to.

No medication assisted treatment here. Some programs are abstinence based by design, which is a real difference rather than an oversight, and Pittsburgh has 8 other centers to compare.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Pittsburgh often still has to be in person.

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

Programs are commonly sold in blocks of 28 or 30 days, 60 days and 90 days, with outpatient care lasting longer and lighter. Where a plan approves days in batches, the length you start with is not necessarily the length you get. Ask what the schedule is day by day, because that is what you will be living.

Coming back after a return to use is one of the most ordinary things an intake line hears. Tolerance drops during any period of abstinence, which makes the first use after treatment the most dangerous one. Going back sooner rather than later is the part that matters most.

A wait quoted on the phone is an estimate of a queue that moves, rather than a date you can plan around. The longest lists sit at the programs that cost the least, which is the genuinely hard part of this. Ask who to call if things get worse while you are waiting, and write that number down.