Elizabeth L Sturz Outpatient Center

They provide outpatient and inpatient residential, which is the whole of what this address in Bronx is set up for.

No detox, here or anywhere listed within 14 miles of Bronx. Ask whether they will take somebody straight after a detox done elsewhere, because most will.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them a few streets away in Bronx.

They offer a program for veterans, which is worth confirming on the call rather than assuming. A named program and one with a place free this month are different things, and Bronx has 8 other centers to ask.

Bronx has 113 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

Family work is a standard part of treatment, though how much of it varies a lot between centers. Living with somebody in early recovery changes a household's routine, and family sessions are where that gets planned. Ask what the family part of the program is called and who runs it, because that shows how seriously it is treated.

One removes you from the situation and the other treats you inside it, and that is the whole of the decision. Intensive outpatient care at several hours a day is closer to a residential program than to a weekly appointment. Ask which level they would put a family member in, and why that one.

You are rarely obliged to give a diagnosis to an employer, only a medical reason for leave. An employer is generally entitled to dates and a clinician's confirmation, not to a diagnosis. Ask the program to write the letter in terms of a medical leave rather than a diagnosis.