South Bay Community Services
Treatment center
At a glance
- Address
- 22 Old Canal Drive, Lowell, MA 01851
- Levels of care
- OutpatientTelemedicine
- Ages served
- Youth (Ages 12-17)
- Languages
- English
Detox and medication
Detox
- Not offered: Opioids
- Not offered: Alcohol
- Not offered: Benzodiazepines
- Not offered: Methamphetamines
- Not offered: Cocaine
Medication assisted treatment
- Not offered: Buprenorphine
- Not offered: Naltrexone
- Not offered: Methadone
Services and programs
Services
Other treatment centers close by
Within about 14 miles of this address, nearest first.
Meetings in Lowell
Treatment and fellowship meetings do different jobs, and most people end up using both.
Questions people ask about South Bay Community Services
What kind of care does South Bay Community Services provide?
They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Chelmsford is the closest place to carry that on if you move.
Is detox part of what South Bay Community Services offers?
No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Chelmsford, under a mile away.
Does South Bay Community Services have beds?
They provide outpatient care and not a residential stay, so there is no bed to wait for. The nearest place with one is in Lowell, 2.0 miles away.
Does South Bay Community Services offer medication for addiction?
No. If medication matters to you ask directly, because it is the hardest thing to change later and not every place around Lowell offers it.
Is telehealth available at South Bay Community Services?
Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Lowell differ on it.
What happens after a program ends?
Aftercare is the step down: less intensive, longer lasting, and often the difference that lasts. Nothing booked for the first week back is the most common gap in a discharge plan. Ask what the alumni side of it involves, because it is often the most useful free thing on offer.
Is 30 days enough?
Lengths vary by level of care more than by center, and outpatient is the long one. The stretch after the main program usually runs far longer than the program did, and it is the part people underestimate. Ask how many hours a week an outpatient program actually takes, because it varies widely.
Is what I say in a session confidential?
Privacy rules on this are tighter than most people expect, and they apply from the first phone call. Who you authorize, and what they are authorized to hear, are two separate choices on the same form. Decide now who you want kept informed, because that form is easier to fill in calmly than in a crisis.