Suncoast Center Inc

They offer outpatient and telemedicine. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Saint Petersburg has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Saint Petersburg, 6.6 miles away.

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 Saint Petersburg it may be mixed.

Alongside this, Saint Petersburg has 26 NA meetings and 151 free AA meetings.

They treat adolescents. A program built for a 17 year old is not the same program as the adult one, so ask which of the two they offer in Saint Petersburg.

Both can be treated at once, and programs that do are described as integrated or co-occurring. Whether a psychiatrist sits on the team, and how often you would see one, separates programs here. A program that cannot answer these questions is telling you something useful.

The point of the call is to work out which level of care fits, which takes a handful of questions. Understating the amount is the common mistake, and it leads to the wrong level of care being offered. Ask what the assessment after this call involves and whether it happens in person.

Nearly every plan includes something for this, and the detail is in which level of care it will approve. Coverage for detox is normally a separate question from coverage for the treatment that follows it. Ask which level of care the plan has already approved, and for how many days.