Addiction Treatment Strategies

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

They provide detox for 5 substances: alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Edwardsville has 6 other centers.

They are outpatient. If someone needs to be away from where they are using, Caseyville has the nearest beds, 11 miles away.

Edwardsville has 8 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

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 Edwardsville.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone. Medication and counseling together is the standard of care for opioid use rather than an either or, and not every place near Edwardsville offers both.

The things worth comparing are the ones a program can answer with a fact rather than an adjective. Referral services and treatment providers both answer the phone, and knowing which you reached changes the call. Call (844) 822-5800 if you would rather have someone else do the comparing.

Anything from a week to a year, depending on what is being treated and how. Some people cycle through more than one level of care, and that is the intended design rather than a failure. Ask what the program does when somebody needs more time than the block allows.