Sheer Recovery LLC

They provide inpatient residential and detox. The nearest alternative is in San Juan Capistrano, 2.5 miles away, if you want something to compare it against.

They provide detox for 5 substances: opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Dana Point has 8 other centers.

They offer a program for veterans, 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 Dana Point has 8 other centers to ask.

Dana Point has 16 NA meetings too, and most people end up using both.

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

Ask both places the same questions and the differences come out quickly. Paying a marketing company for referrals is common in this field, so who answers the phone is not always who treats you. Ask what kind of person this program would turn down, because a real answer exists.

Court ordered and voluntary treatment are the same programs, with different paperwork around them. What gets reported is attendance and completion, not what you said in a session, unless the order says otherwise. Bring the order itself, or a copy, to the first appointment.

There is often something available sooner at a different level of care than the one you called about. Many programs start the admissions paperwork during the wait, so the day a bed opens is not spent on forms. Ask whether the wait differs for someone paying privately, because the answer is often yes.