Penfield Addiction Ministries

They treat people at outpatient, inpatient residential and telemedicine. Outpatient keeps you at home and working, and a residential stay takes you out of the place you were using in.

No, and nothing else within 14 miles of Union Point offers one either, so that part will mean a longer drive or a referral.

One of their programs is built for veterans, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 11 named here.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Union Point often still has to be in person.

They do not prescribe. If buprenorphine or methadone is part of what you need, say so on the call and ask who they refer to in Union Point.

They treat adults up to and past 65. Ask whether the group sessions are mixed age, because in Union Point that often means one room rather than two.

The list should include anything stopped recently, because a recent change matters as much as a current dose. A prescribed benzodiazepine or opioid painkiller is the usual complication, and it needs a plan rather than a rule. Ask whether the program has its own prescriber or works with yours.

Most places run something for families, and the quality of it is one of the clearer differences between two centers. A relative can usually start the enquiry, book the assessment and hear the options before any decision is made. Ask what the center expects from the household on the day the program ends.