Region Six Alcohol and Drug Abuse

They provide inpatient residential, detox and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Las Animas is set up for.

They handle detox for alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Ask how many days theirs lasts, because that varies more between places than people expect and Las Animas has 1 other center to compare.

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

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 1 center near Las Animas differ on it.

They do not prescribe it. Ask them who they refer to, because somewhere among the 1 center near Las Animas will.

Four questions separate most programs: who prescribes, what the step down is, what it costs, and who it is built for. What a program arranges for the weeks after discharge says more about it than anything in its own description. Ask what kind of person this program is not right for. A good answer exists.

Both at once is the common case, and treating only one of them is why some first attempts come apart. An integrated program treats both in one place. A sequential one treats the substance use first, which leaves a gap. A program that cannot answer these questions is telling you something useful.

Treatment is not usually a single event, and the first attempt teaching you something is part of how it works. Tolerance falls quickly during any break from use, which makes the stretch right after a program the riskiest one. Say what happened last time and what was missing from the plan.