Birmingham Metro Treatment Center

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

They detox from opioids. Coming off opioids without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 1 places near Birmingham that do it.

They work in Spanish as well as English. Ask whether the group sessions in Birmingham are in Spanish too, or only the one to one ones.

Birmingham has 57 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

They offer a program for veterans. Whether they bill the VA is a separate question, and the answer differs between places even inside Birmingham.

There is normally a family component, and it is one of the better questions to put to two programs. Al-Anon and Nar-Anon exist for the people around someone using, they are free, and they are separate from any treatment program. Ask what exists for the family separately from the person being treated.

Expect questions rather than a pitch, and expect them to be fairly direct. If you have been through treatment before, what did not work is useful information rather than a mark against you. If the call goes badly, call somewhere else. They are not all the same.

Less than you think, and the medication list matters more than the clothes. A written packing list exists at almost every residential program, and asking for it saves an argument at intake. Ask how much cash, if any, is useful to have with you.