Link House Inc

They provide inpatient residential. The nearest alternative is in Amesbury, 3.8 miles away, if you want something to compare it against.

They do not detox. Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines in particular is a medical event, and the closest place set up for it is in Haverhill, 9.2 miles away.

They treat adults up to and past 65. Ask whether the group sessions are mixed age, because in Newburyport that often means one room rather than two.

No. If medication matters to you ask directly, because it is the hardest thing to change later and not every place around Newburyport offers it.

Newburyport has 17 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They normally continue, and a prescriber reviews the whole list rather than applying a rule to it. Anything needing a blood test or a monthly injection has to be scheduled around the program, which is easier arranged before admission. Ask whether the program has its own prescriber or works with yours.

The legal protection on addiction treatment records is stronger than the one covering the rest of your medical file. Who you authorize, and what they are authorized to hear, are two separate choices on the same form. Ask for a copy of whatever release you sign, and read what it covers.

The gap between a return to use and picking the phone up again is the part worth shortening. Programs will usually ask what happened last time, and the answer shapes what they offer. Ask whether medication is on the table this time if it was not before.