Odyssey House Inc

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

They provide detox for 1 substance: opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and New York has 8 other centers.

There are 8 more within a short drive of New York, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

Older adults, plus young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64. Ask how the groups are arranged in New York, because a wide age range often still means one room.

They take court referrals, so a program ordered by a court in New York is something they handle.

New York has 1,112 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

Both at once is the common case, and treating only one of them is why some first attempts come apart. Whether a psychiatrist sits on the team, and how often you would see one, separates programs here. Ask what happens to your current psychiatric medication during the program.

The gap between a return to use and picking the phone up again is the part worth shortening. The useful question after a recurrence is what was missing, and the answer is often medication or aftercare. Ask whether medication is on the table this time if it was not before.