BrightView Health

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 Williamsburg 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 Chesapeake has 8 other centers.

Chesapeake has 41 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

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

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Chesapeake differ on it.

It is a prescription that steadies the ground while the rest of the treatment happens. Some programs are abstinence based by design and do not use medication at all, which is a real difference between centers. Ask what happens to the prescription on the day the program ends.

What a center can say about you to anyone is narrow, and it is narrow by default rather than on request. There are narrow exceptions, including a medical emergency and a court order, and they are narrower than people assume. Ask what a program would say if somebody rang it asking about you.

Bring the paperwork, the medications and enough clothing for a week. Most places do laundry. If you are driving yourself, ask where the car will sit, because some programs keep the keys. Ask for the written list before you pack, because every center's version differs.