Otis R Bowen Ctr for Human Servs

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

They do not detox, and nothing inside 14 miles of Wabash does either. Ask them where they send people, because a place without one usually has somewhere it refers to.

Spanish is one of 2 languages they work in beyond English, alongside Sign language, which is a wider range than most of Wabash.

They treat adolescents. A program built for a 17 year old is not the same program as the adult one, so ask which of the two they offer in Wabash.

They do video appointments, which matters if Wabash is a drive for you.

A mental health condition alongside substance use is the common case rather than the complicated one. A program that tells you to come back once the mental health side is handled has effectively declined to treat you. Bring any existing diagnosis and the name of whoever is treating it.

There is no fixed length. What is on offer tends to be a 30, 60 or 90 day program. Stepping down through levels of care takes longer in total and tends to hold better than one intensive block alone. Ask what the program does when somebody needs more time than the block allows.

It is common, programs are built expecting it, and it is not a reason to wait. Tolerance drops during any period of abstinence, which makes the first use after treatment the most dangerous one. Ask what this program does differently from the one you tried before.