Fayetteville VAMC - Substance Abuse Treatment Program

They offer inpatient hospital, outpatient, telemedicine and detox. The practical difference is whether you sleep at home or at the center, and are 8 other centers inside 14 miles if neither suits.

They detox from opioids, alcohol and benzodiazepines, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to Fayetteville.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Ask whether the groups are split by age, because in Fayetteville that can mean one mixed room rather than several.

They have a program for veterans. Ask whether the group is veterans only, because for a lot of people that is the point of it and in Fayetteville it may be mixed.

They offer treatment in Sign language. Whether that means a counselor who speaks it or an interpreter is worth asking, and Fayetteville has 8 other centers to ask.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them 2.0 miles away in Fayetteville.

Programs expect family contact rather than tolerating it, though the amount is set by the person in treatment. Al-Anon and Nar-Anon exist for the people around someone using, they are free, and they are separate from any treatment program. Ask what the household should have in place before the first weekend at home.

Usually there is a route through this that keeps the job, and which route depends on the level of care. A documented medical leave is a stronger position than an unexplained absence, which is the comparison that matters. Ask whether a schedule outside working hours exists before ruling treatment out.