Anthony Louis Center - Woodbury/Outpatient

They are set up for 1 level: outpatient. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Minneapolis, 3 offer a bed.

They provide detox for 5 substances: opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Minneapolis has 8 other centers.

There are 8 more within a short drive of Minneapolis, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Minneapolis.

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 Minneapolis.

Minneapolis has 558 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

The number quoted is almost always the first block, and the whole arc of treatment runs longer than that block. Two centers quoting the same number of days can mean very different hours of treatment inside them. Ask whether detox time counts inside the program length or is added to it.

Often, though residential care is reviewed far more closely than outpatient care. An in network center costs less, and network lists go out of date, so it is worth verifying rather than trusting the list. Ask what the rate becomes if the plan stops approving days before the program ends.