New Season Treatment Center - Richmond

They are set up for 1 level: outpatient. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Richmond, 1 offers a bed.

They handle detox for opioids. Ask how many days theirs lasts, because that varies more between places than people expect and Richmond has 8 other centers to compare.

They offer a program for veterans, which not every center around Richmond does.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Ask whether the groups are split by age, because in Richmond that can mean one mixed room rather than several.

They prescribe 2 medications: methadone and buprenorphine. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Richmond.

Treatment that involves the household tends to hold up better than treatment that does not. The first conversation with a center can be had by a family member, before the person using is ready to make a call. Ask what the center expects from the household on the day the program ends.

Treatment is not usually a single event, and the first attempt teaching you something is part of how it works. Programs will usually ask what happened last time, and the answer shapes what they offer. Going back sooner rather than later is the part that matters most.

There is a difference between asking for leave in advance and explaining an absence afterward, and the first position is much stronger. Where a workplace runs an assistance program it usually sits outside the management chain and keeps what it is told. Ask the program what its letter to an employer actually says.