LSSI

They offer outpatient and telemedicine. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Sterling has 4 other centers within 14 miles.

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

They are outpatient, and nobody inside 14 miles of Sterling offers a bed, which is worth knowing if being away from home is the point of it.

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

They offer a pregnancy program. Call rather than wait, because this is the one case where timing changes the options and Sterling may not have a second place set up for it.

They treat both. Depression and anxiety alongside a substance are common rather than unusual, and one place handling the two together beats two handling one each. Sterling has 4 other centers if this one cannot.

One place can take somebody today and another in the same town is a month out. A list quoted in weeks can shorten without warning, so being reachable matters. Ask whether the wait differs for someone paying privately, because the answer is often yes.

Documents and medication first. Everything else is a comfort question. Vitamins and anything over the counter are treated as medication and get checked the same way. Ask what to do about prescriptions and mail arriving at home while you are away.