Centro Latino Americano

They are set up for 2 levels: outpatient and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Eugene, 2 offer a bed.

They do not detox. Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines in particular is a medical event, and the closest place set up for it is in Eugene, under a mile away.

Eugene has 24 NA meetings too, and most people end up using both.

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

They do not prescribe medication. For opioid use that is worth knowing before you choose, because medication changes what the first weeks look like, and Eugene has 8 other centers.

Ask three centers and you will get three different figures, because they are pricing three different programs. Nonprofit and faith based programs sometimes cost a fraction of commercial rates, with longer waits attached. Ask for the figure per week as well as per program, because extensions are billed by the week.

Most medication carries on. Anything that interacts with treatment gets looked at by a prescriber first. Any medication you were prescribed by someone else is still their decision until a prescriber at the program takes it over. Keep whoever prescribes for you informed rather than assuming a handover happens by itself.

Expect questions rather than a sales pitch, and expect them to be direct. Honest answers get a better recommendation, and understating the amount is the most common way people get sent to the wrong level of care. Ask for the name of whoever you spoke to, so the second call starts where the first ended.