Nebraska Medical Center

They are set up for 3 levels: outpatient, detox and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Omaha, 3 offer a bed.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 1 of the 8 centers near Omaha offers one at all.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Omaha.

They offer a program for clients with a mental health diagnosis as well, which not every center around Omaha does.

They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which not every place around Omaha does.

The list comes with you and gets reviewed. Nothing on it should change on a policy rather than a prescription. A prescribed sedative is the usual complication and needs a plan built around it. Keep whoever prescribes for you informed rather than assuming a handover happens by itself.

Most programs build the family in, and how far they do it is a real difference between two centers. A household that changes nothing while one person is treated puts that person back into the same week they left. Ask what the visiting rules are in the first week and after it.

You are rarely obliged to give a diagnosis to an employer, only a medical reason for leave. An employer generally needs the dates and a clinician's confirmation rather than the condition itself. Ask whether the program can start on a date that fits a leave request.