Guidance Center Inc - Outpatient Services

They treat people at inpatient residential, inpatient hospital, outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Outpatient keeps you at home and working, and a residential stay takes you out of the place you were using in.

They detox from opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Coming off opioids without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 2 places near Flagstaff that do it.

They take under 18s, alongside young adults from 18 to 25, adults from 26 to 64 and adults over 65, which in Flagstaff is worth confirming before you drive over.

Flagstaff has 60 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

One of their programs is built for LGBTQ clients, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 6 named here.

Spanish is one of 3 languages they work in beyond English, alongside Sign language and American Indian or Alaska Native languages, which is a wider range than most of Flagstaff.

Expect questions rather than a sales pitch, and expect them to be 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.

The levels run from a weekly appointment up to a residential bed, with two useful steps in between. The higher level is not automatically the better one, and being placed above what you need is its own problem. Ask whether the center offers the middle levels or only a bed and a weekly appointment.