Muir Wood Adolescent and Family Servs

They provide inpatient residential and detox. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Glen Ellen is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 4 of the 8 centers near Petaluma offer one at all.

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

They offer a program for people dealing with past trauma, 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 Petaluma has 8 other centers to ask.

Within 14 miles there are 8 other centers, across Glen Ellen and Santa Rosa.

The month after a program is the one that needs a schedule, and aftercare is that schedule. An alumni group, a weekly session and a prescriber are the three pieces most plans are built from. Ask whether the aftercare is run by the program or handed to somebody else.

There is no price on this site, because what a program costs depends on the level of care and on your plan. Public and nonprofit programs often charge on a sliding scale, and some places are free to people who qualify on income. If the number is impossible, say so plainly, because the funded alternatives are real.

Treatment records for substance use are held under a federal rule that is stricter than the one covering ordinary medical records. Taking leave from work creates dates rather than a diagnosis, which is a meaningful difference. Ask what a program would say if somebody rang it asking about you.