Cobb County Community Services Board - BHCC

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

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 Marietta.

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 Marietta has 8 other centers.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. The nearest alternative is in Austell, 3.8 miles away, if the age is the thing that rules this one out.

They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in Marietta are in it too, or only the one to one ones.

Marketing language is nearly identical across the field, so the comparison has to be made on specifics. Any place promising a specific outcome is telling you something about itself rather than about treatment. Ask what license is held by the person who would actually be treating you.

Ask three centers and you will get three different figures, because they are pricing three different programs. A quote for 30 days and a quote for 90 days get presented the same way, so the length is the first thing to check. Ask what the total looks like with your plan and without it, and ask what the quote leaves out.

Your id, your card, your prescriptions, and the name of anyone the center is allowed to speak to. A notebook and a couple of books are allowed almost everywhere and are worth more than most of what people pack. Ask whether you can bring your own pillow, because the answer is often yes and it helps.