LA Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse - (LACADA)/Downtown

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

No. There is no detox listed near Los Angeles at all, so the first call is worth making to ask who they work with for it.

The nearest other center is a few streets away, in Los Angeles, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25, alongside programs for adult men and adult women, which is more than most places around Los Angeles name.

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

For many people the medication is what makes the rest of the treatment possible, rather than a replacement for it. Alcohol use disorder has prescribed options of its own, which is worth raising because the phrase is usually explained in terms of opioids. What you are already taking is part of this conversation, so bring the list.

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. Keep the phone on. Beds are offered at short notice and go quickly.

Identification, insurance details, prescriptions in their labeled containers, and about a week of clothes. Vitamins and anything over the counter are treated as medication and get checked the same way. Ask what the first twenty four hours look like, because that is what you are packing for.