Pathway Healthcare

They are set up for 3 levels: outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Madison, 3 offer a bed.

They offer a program for veterans, which not every center around Madison does.

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

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them a few streets away in Madison.

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

There is usually a plan for afterwards, covering appointments, medication and somewhere to go each week. Sober living houses are one option, they are not treatment, and the quality varies enormously between them. Ask who to ring at two in the morning, and get the number written down.

A program needs your signature before it discusses you with anyone at all. Employers and courts normally receive attendance rather than clinical content. You can ask all of this without committing to anything.

Think documents and medication first, comforts second. Medications normally have to arrive in the original labeled container, so a pill organizer can be refused at the door. Ask what the first twenty four hours look like, because that is what you are packing for.