Brookdale Alliance - Center for Health Maintenance

They are set up for 3 levels: outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of San Antonio, 3 offer a bed.

They detox from opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to San Antonio.

San Antonio has 508 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They have a program for veterans. Ask whether the group is veterans only, because for a lot of people that is the point of it and in San Antonio it may be mixed.

Yes. They treat people in Spanish. Confirm it for the first appointment specifically, because in San Antonio that can depend on who is rostered that day.

Somebody works through a short list, and the clinical detail comes later at an assessment. 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.

It is a prescription that steadies the ground while the rest of the treatment happens. How long someone stays on a medication varies from months to years, and that decision belongs with a prescriber. If a specific medication matters to you, ask for it by name rather than asking about medication in general.

Identification, insurance details, prescriptions in their labeled containers, and about a week of clothes. A notebook and a couple of books are allowed almost everywhere and are worth more than most of what people pack. Ask what to do about prescriptions and mail arriving at home while you are away.