Pathway Society Inc - Residential

They are set up for 3 levels: inpatient residential, telemedicine and detox. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of San Jose, 1 offers a bed.

They detox from opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to San Jose.

They treat both, and the rest of what they are set up for is adult men, court referrals, past domestic violence and past trauma.

They work in Spanish as well as English. Ask whether the group sessions in San Jose are in Spanish too, or only the one to one ones.

They offer a program for people dealing with past trauma, which is worth confirming on the call rather than assuming. A named program and one with a place free this month are different things, and San Jose has 8 other centers to ask.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them under a mile away in San Jose.

Most of recovery happens after the program, which is an awkward fact for anyone selling programs. Alumni programs exist at many centers and are usually free to people who went through them. Ask whether the aftercare is run by the program or handed to somebody else.

A wait quoted on the phone is an estimate of a queue that moves, rather than a date you can plan around. The longest lists tend to sit at the programs that cost the least, which is the genuinely hard part of this. Say clearly how urgent it is, including any medical risk, because that changes the queue.