Life Recovery Center

They offer inpatient hospital and detox. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Bronx has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

They provide detox for 5 substances: alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Bronx has 8 other centers.

They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in Bronx are in it too, or only the one to one ones.

They take court referrals, so a program ordered by a court in Bronx is something they handle.

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

Yes, they treat 65 and over, which is less common than it should be and rarer still outside a city the size of Bronx.

Compare the specifics, because almost every center describes itself in the same words. What a program arranges for the weeks after discharge says more about it than anything in its own description. Ask both places for the daily schedule and compare those rather than the brochures.

Medication assisted treatment means a prescribed medicine is part of the plan, alongside counseling rather than instead of it. Buprenorphine and methadone both act on the same receptors as other opioids, which is precisely why they hold withdrawal off. Ask how long the medication is expected to continue, and who reviews it.