IU Health Ball - Addiction Treatment and Recovery Ctr

They offer outpatient and telemedicine. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Muncie has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Muncie, 2.0 miles away.

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

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Muncie.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Muncie.

Muncie has 22 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

The two feed each other, which is why handling them separately tends to work badly. An integrated program treats both in one place. A sequential one treats the substance use first, which leaves a gap. Ask whether both are treated in the same place or one after the other.

You are rarely obliged to give a diagnosis to an employer, only a medical reason for leave. Schools and colleges have their own leave of absence process, and a medical withdrawal is often reversible. Ask the program to write the letter in terms of a medical leave rather than a diagnosis.