Aleda E Lutz VAMC

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

They do not offer one. Sorting detox out comes first, and Saginaw is the nearest place that does it, under a mile away.

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 Saginaw offers both.

One of their programs is built for veterans, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 8 named here.

They provide outpatient care and not a residential stay, so there is no bed to wait for. The nearest place with one is in Saginaw, 1.6 miles away.

They treat both, and the rest of what they are set up for is adult women, court referrals, hiv/aids, pain management, past domestic violence, past trauma and veterans.

Aftercare is whatever holds the weeks after a program ends, and it is the part people most often skip. Sober living is housing with rules rather than treatment, and the rules vary more than the brochures suggest. Ask what the alumni side of it involves, because it is often the most useful free thing on offer.

Your id, your card, your prescriptions, and the name of anyone the center is allowed to speak to. Arrival normally involves a bag search, and the list of what is not allowed is longer than people expect. Ask what the first twenty four hours look like, because that is what you are packing for.