Symetria Recovery - Vernon Hills

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

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

They offer a program for adult women, which not every center around Vernon Hills does.

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

They provide outpatient care and not a residential stay, so there is no bed to wait for. The nearest place with one is in Vernon Hills, 2.4 miles away.

Four questions separate most programs: who prescribes, what the step down is, what it costs, and who it is built for. What a program arranges for the weeks after discharge says more about it than anything in its own description. Ask whether the person on the phone works for the center or for a referral service.

A program needs your signature before it discusses you with anyone at all. A mandated program reports attendance to whoever ordered it, and that is set by the order rather than by the center. If you want someone kept informed, sign the release early rather than during a crisis.

Pack for about a week, keep the documents where you can hand them over at the door, and expect the bag to be searched. A notebook and a couple of books are allowed almost everywhere and are worth more than most of what people pack. Ask whether you can bring your own pillow, because the answer is often yes and it helps.