NOW Counseling Services LLC

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

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

They offer a program for veterans. Whether they bill the VA is a separate question, and the answer differs between places even inside Evansville.

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

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

The useful comparisons are concrete: the level of care, whether there is a prescriber, what the aftercare is, and the cost. Whoever answers the phone is not always whoever operates the program, because referral services are common in this field. Ask every place the same four questions and compare the answers side by side.

Nearly every plan includes something for this, and the detail is in which level of care it will approve. A plan can approve the detox and then decline the residential stay that was meant to follow it. Ask which level of care the plan has already approved, and for how many days.

The paperwork, the medication in its labeled containers, and about a week of ordinary clothes. Medications normally have to arrive in the original labeled container, so a pill organizer can be refused at the door. Ask how much cash, if any, is useful to have with you.