ASCEND Csl and Recovery Services

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

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Portsmouth, under a mile away.

Portsmouth has 22 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

There are 7 more within a short drive of Portsmouth, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which is worth confirming before a first visit because Portsmouth has 7 other centers and not all of them do.

They treat both, and the rest of what they are set up for is adolescents, adult men, adult women, hiv/aids, pain management, past domestic violence, past sexual abuse, past trauma, pregnant/postpartum, service members and veterans.

It is a screening conversation: what is being used, how much, your health, and what you are covered for. Having your insurance card in front of you shortens the whole thing considerably. Ask what happens between the call and the first day, and who is responsible for each part.

Less than you think, and the medication list matters more than the clothes. Vitamins and anything over the counter are treated as medication and get checked the same way. Ask whether there is a laundry, because the answer halves what you need to bring.