Sacramento Comprehensive Treatment Ctr

They are set up for 2 levels: outpatient and detox. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Sacramento, 3 offer a bed.

They provide detox for 1 substance: opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Sacramento has 8 other centers.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Anyone outside that range is worth a call rather than an assumption, and Sacramento has 8 other centers to try.

They prescribe methadone and buprenorphine, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Sacramento.

One of their programs is built for people who are pregnant or just postpartum, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is the only one named here.

The nearest other center is a few streets away, in Sacramento, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

Most of recovery happens after the program, which is an awkward fact for anyone selling programs. Free meetings, a prescriber and a weekly session are the usual three pieces of a plan that holds. Ask whether the center keeps treating you afterwards or hands you on.

Outpatient programs are built around working hours precisely because most people cannot stop working. A human resources department normally needs dates and a clinician's note rather than details of the condition. Ask the program what its letter to an employer actually says.