CODAC Behavioral Healthcare - CODAC Cranston

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

They handle detox for opioids and alcohol. Ask how many days theirs lasts, because that varies more between places than people expect and Cranston has 8 other centers to compare.

Alongside this, Cranston has 21 NA meetings and 25 free AA meetings.

They prescribe 3 medications: methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Cranston.

They treat older adults, along with young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64, which is a wider range than most places listed near Cranston cover.

Ask three centers and you will get three different figures, because they are pricing three different programs. The cheapest program and the one with the shortest wait are rarely the same program, and that is the real tradeoff. Cost is a reasonable thing to lead with, and nobody answering a treatment line will be surprised by it.

Visiting and a family program are not the same thing, and the second is the one worth asking about. Where children are involved, some programs can keep a parent and child together and most cannot. Ask what exists for a relative who is not ready to sit in a room with the person using.

Medicaid and most commercial plans include treatment, with different rules about what they approve. A plan can approve the detox and then decline the residential stay that was meant to follow it. Ask for a benefits check rather than an estimate, and ask what the check does not include.