SSM Health Treatment and Recovery - St Joseph Hospital/Wentzville

They provide outpatient and detox. The nearest alternative is in O Fallon, 9.8 miles away, if you want something to compare it against.

They detox from opioids, alcohol and benzodiazepines. Coming off opioids without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 1 places near Wentzville that do it.

They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which is worth confirming before a first visit because Wentzville has 6 other centers and not all of them do.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 6 centers near Wentzville, not all of them do.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Wentzville.

The questions that separate two programs are concrete ones about staffing, medication and what happens afterward. The daily schedule is the most revealing document a program holds, and most will send it on request. Ask what kind of person this program would turn down, because a real answer exists.

A program will want the full list on day one, including anything over the counter. Pill organizers are often refused at the door, because medication has to arrive labeled. Ask whether there is a prescriber on site and how soon you would see them.

Usually there is a route through this that keeps the job, and which route depends on the level of care. An employer generally needs the dates and a clinician's confirmation rather than the condition itself. Ask whether the program can start on a date that fits a leave request.