Coastal Community Behavioral Health

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

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 Brunswick, 2.8 miles away.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Brunswick.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Brunswick often still has to be in person.

They offer a program for people who are pregnant or just postpartum, which not every center around Brunswick does.

The month after a program is the one that needs a schedule, and aftercare is that schedule. Sober living houses are one option, they are not treatment, and the quality varies enormously between them. Ask who to ring at two in the morning, and get the number written down.

Most places run something for families, and the quality of it is one of the clearer differences between two centers. Al-Anon and Nar-Anon exist for the people around someone using, they are free, and they are separate from any treatment program. Look up the free family groups in Brunswick as well, because they outlast any program.

Many people are treated without leaving work at all, because outpatient programs are available evenings and early mornings. Short term disability sometimes applies to a residential stay, depending on the policy. Ask the program what its letter to an employer actually says.