Oceanfront Recovery at Laguna Beach

They provide inpatient residential, telemedicine and detox. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Aliso Viejo is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

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 Laguna Beach has 8 other centers.

They treat mental health alongside the substance use, so both sides are handled in one place. Ask whether the psychiatric side is on site, because in Laguna Beach that is the part that varies.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Laguna Beach.

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

They take older adults as well as young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask who reviews existing prescriptions, because that is the part that matters most for an older adult in Laguna Beach.

There is almost always a family role, and centers differ most in how early it starts. Where children are involved, some programs can keep a parent and child together and most cannot. Ask what the family part of the program is called and who runs it, because that shows how seriously it is treated.

The difference is where you sleep. Inpatient means you stay at the center, outpatient means you travel in for sessions. Outpatient care is a fraction of the cost and is the level most people are treated at. Say plainly who else is in the house and what they are using, because it changes the answer.