Fairfax/Falls Church Comm Servs Board - Fairfax Detox Center

They provide 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 Fairfax is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They detox from opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Coming off opioids without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 2 places near Chantilly that do it.

One of their programs is built for adult women, which usually means a separate group rather than the same room with a different label, and it is one of the 2 named here.

They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which not every place around Chantilly does.

Their programs are for adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. The group you sit in is usually built around the age band, which in Chantilly can mean one group rather than several.

Anything a program will put in writing is easier to compare than anything it only says on a call. The programs that handle a co-occurring diagnosis and the ones that do not are a genuine fork in the road. Ask for the daily schedule in writing rather than a description of it.

Some programs have a prescriber on site and some rely on yours, which is worth knowing in advance. A pain condition does not disappear during treatment and should be part of the conversation from the start. Take the labeled containers rather than a week of loose pills in an organizer.

A program treats the fact that you are there as confidential by default, including from whoever is paying. Who sees a record inside a program is also limited, usually to the team treating you. You can ask all of this without committing to anything.