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They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Astoria is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No, and nothing else within 14 miles of Long Island City offers one either, so that part will mean a longer drive or a referral.

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

Nobody stays overnight. Outpatient means you keep sleeping at home and come in for sessions, and the closest residential option is 1.5 miles away in Astoria.

Long Island City has 19 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

It is a prescription that steadies the ground while the rest of the treatment happens. Methadone is dispensed under rules of its own, often daily at first, which is a practical difference rather than a medical one. Ask what happens to the prescription on the day the program ends.

A bed is not something anyone can hold for you on a maybe, which is most of why lists exist. The longest lists sit at the programs that cost the least, which is the genuinely hard part of this. Ask what can be started while you wait.

Less than you think, and the medication list matters more than the clothes. Anything containing alcohol is usually refused, which catches people out on mouthwash and hand sanitizer. Leave anything valuable at home rather than arguing about it at intake.