New Found Life

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

They do not detox. Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines in particular is a medical event, and the closest place set up for it is in Long Beach, 2.9 miles away.

They prescribe naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Long Beach.

One of their programs is built for adult women, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 2 named here.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Long Beach differ on it.

Both get treated together at the programs that do this properly, by one team. A diagnosis made while someone is still using can be wrong, so assessment often waits until after detox. Ask what happens if the psychiatric side turns out to need more than the program planned for.

You will be asked about the drug, the dose, your medical history and your coverage. Having your insurance card in front of you shortens the whole thing considerably. Ask what they would recommend if money were not a factor, and then what they recommend given that it is.

The choice is normally made on medical risk and on what home looks like, in that order. A clinician settles this on risk, history and circumstances, and the assessment is a single appointment. Say plainly who else is in the house and what they are using, because it changes the answer.