Stonington Institute

They provide inpatient residential and detox. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Pawcatuck is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They detox from opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines and cocaine, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to North Stonington.

North Stonington has 1 AA group, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

They have a program for veterans. Ask whether the group is veterans only, because for a lot of people that is the point of it and in North Stonington it may be mixed.

They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which not every place around North Stonington does.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near North Stonington, not all of them do.

Ask three centers and you will get three different figures, because they are pricing three different programs. A quote is usually a daily rate times an expected length, so the cheaper number sometimes just buys fewer days. Ask for the all in figure, then ask which parts of it are estimates.

The documents matter: identification, insurance details, and anything a prescriber has written for you. Arrival normally involves a bag search, and the list of what is not allowed is longer than people expect. Call (844) 822-5800 if you need to know what a particular program expects on arrival.