Alcohol/Drug Care Services Inc

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 Arcata 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 Eureka has 7 other centers.

Within 14 miles there are 7 other centers, across Arcata.

They treat adults up to and past 65. Ask whether the group sessions are mixed age, because in Eureka that often means one room rather than two.

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 Eureka offers both.

A well designed program treats its own ending as a handover rather than a finish. Sober living is housing with rules rather than treatment, and the rules vary more than the brochures suggest. Ask to see what a discharge plan looks like before you choose the program.

Visiting and a family program are not the same thing, and the second is the one worth asking about. A family member asking the questions is normal, and intake lines are used to it. Write down your questions before the call, because they are easy to lose in it.

Documents and medication first. Everything else is a comfort question. The usual banned list covers alcohol, anything containing it such as mouthwash, aerosols, sharp items and outside food. Sort out who has your keys, your mail and your animals before the day itself.