Georgia Pines Community Service Board

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 Cairo is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

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

Yes. Court ordered treatment is one of the things they take, and one of 14 things they offer a named program for.

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 Thomasville.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Thomasville often still has to be in person.

Expect questions rather than a pitch, and expect them to be fairly direct. Understating the amount is the most common mistake on that call, and it leads to the wrong level of care being offered. Have your insurance card and a list of medications next to you.

One of them takes the decision to use out of your hands for a while. The other leaves it with you. A residential stay is the easier thing to get approved when there is a documented medical reason for it. Call (844) 822-5800 and someone can walk through which level fits before you start ringing centers.

The gap between a return to use and picking the phone up again is the part worth shortening. Where the first attempt had no medication and no aftercare, those are the two obvious things to change. Say what happened last time, because it is the most useful thing you can tell an intake worker.