East Tennessee Recovery

They offer outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Johnson City has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

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 Johnson City.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Johnson City differ on it.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Johnson City, not all of them do.

They have a program for veterans. Ask whether the group is veterans only, because for a lot of people that is the point of it and in Johnson City it may be mixed.

The nearest other center is a few streets away, in Johnson City, and there are 8 inside 14 miles.

There is a role, and it is a bigger one than most people expect going in. Family sessions are normally held in evenings or at weekends, because the people expected at them are working. Call (844) 822-5800 and someone can talk it through with you, whether or not you are the person in treatment.

There is usually a way to do this that does not cost you the job, and it is worth asking before assuming. Where a workplace runs an assistance program it usually sits outside the management chain and keeps what it is told. Look at what your own employer offers before you tell anyone anything.