MH/MR of Tarrant County - Addiction Recovery Center

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 North Richland Hills is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

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 Hurst, 2.6 miles away.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Hurst.

They offer a program for adult women, which is worth confirming on the call rather than assuming. A named program and one with a place free this month are different things, and Hurst has 8 other centers to ask.

They work in Spanish as well as English. Ask whether the group sessions in Hurst are in Spanish too, or only the one to one ones.

A mental health condition alongside substance use does not make somebody a difficult admission. An integrated program treats both in one place. A sequential one treats the substance use first, which leaves a gap. Ask whether the therapy is delivered by somebody licensed to treat the mental health side.

Most places run something for families, and the quality of it is one of the clearer differences between two centers. Family sessions are normally held in evenings or at weekends, because the people expected at them are working. Write down your questions before the call, because they are easy to lose in it.

Somebody works through a short list: the substance, the amount, the history, the insurance. Understating the amount is the common mistake, and it leads to the wrong level of care being offered. Ask what the next step is and who is responsible for arranging it.