Behavioral Services Center

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 Lombard 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 Oak Brook has 8 other centers.

They treat pregnant and postpartum clients. Ask whether prenatal care is on site or coordinated with somewhere else in Oak Brook.

They work in 3 languages beyond English: Sign language, Polish and Russian. Ask whether the group sessions in Oak Brook are in it too, or only the one to one ones.

Outpatient only, and nothing within 14 miles of Oak Brook has beds either, so a residential stay would mean traveling further than that.

Aftercare is whatever holds the weeks after a program ends, and it is the part people most often skip. Alumni programs exist at many centers and are usually free to people who went through them. Book the first follow up appointment before leaving rather than after.

Compare what each one actually provides rather than how each one describes itself. A program willing to tell you who it is not suitable for is usually being straight with you about the rest. Check the accreditation yourself rather than taking the logo at face value.

Nobody prices this from a listing. It turns on the level of care, the length, and what a plan is willing to approve. The cheapest program and the one with the shortest wait are rarely the same program, and that is the real tradeoff. Ask for the figure per week as well as per program, because extensions are billed by the week.