El Paso Behavioral Health System

They offer inpatient hospital, outpatient and detox. The practical difference is whether you sleep at home or at the center, and are 8 other centers inside 14 miles if neither suits.

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

They treat adolescents. A program built for a 17 year old is not the same program as the adult one, so ask which of the two they offer in El Paso.

El Paso has 34 NA meetings too, and most people end up using both.

They treat both. Confirm it for the specific diagnosis rather than in general, because transitional services and treats alcohol use disorder covers a lot of ground and El Paso may have a narrower service than a bigger city would.

Detox is days, residential care is weeks, and outpatient care is months. Some people cycle through more than one level of care, and that is the intended design rather than a failure. Ask what the schedule is day by day, because that is what you will be living.

One of them takes the decision to use out of your hands for a while. The other leaves it with you. Outpatient care is a fraction of the cost and is the level most people are treated at. Say plainly who else is in the house and what they are using, because it changes the answer.

Going back into treatment is normal, and most centers treat people who have been through it before. Where the first attempt had no medication and no aftercare, those are the two obvious things to change. Ask what this program would do differently from the last one.