Dimock Center

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

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

They take mandated treatment. What paperwork the court wants back is between you and whoever ordered it, and Roxbury has 8 other centers if the dates do not work.

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 Roxbury.

There are 8 more within a short drive of Roxbury, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

There is no single figure, and anyone who quotes one before asking you anything is guessing. Medicaid covers addiction treatment in every state, though which centers accept it varies from county to county. Ask for the all in figure, then ask which parts of it are estimates.

It is common, programs are built expecting it, and it is not a reason to wait. A recurrence is treated as part of the condition rather than as a failure of character. Ask about naloxone if opioids are involved, because tolerance will have dropped.

Documents and medication first. Everything else is a comfort question. An outpatient program needs almost none of this, just the documents and the appointment time. Sort out who has your keys, your mail and your animals before the day itself.