Teen Challenge of East Bay Inc - Teen Challenge

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

They do not detox. Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines in particular is a medical event, and the closest place set up for it is in Oakland, about a mile away.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25, alongside programs for adult men, which is more than most places around Oakland name.

They offer a program for adult men, which not every center around Oakland does.

They do not prescribe it. Ask them who they refer to, because somewhere among the 8 centers near Oakland will.

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 is not right for. A good answer exists.

Bring the list and bring the containers, and expect a prescriber to go through both. A prescribed sedative is the usual complication and needs a plan built around it. Any change to what you take is a conversation with a prescriber, never a decision from a page like this.

Most programs build the family in, and how far they do it is a real difference between two centers. A relative can usually start the enquiry, book the assessment and hear the options before any decision is made. Call (844) 822-5800 and someone can talk it through with you, whether or not you are the person in treatment.