NorthStar Transitions

They offer inpatient residential, outpatient, telemedicine and detox. The practical difference is whether you sleep at home or at the center, and are 8 other centers inside 14 miles if neither suits.

They detox from opioids, cocaine and methamphetamines. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 2 of the 8 centers near Boulder offer one at all.

Their programs are for adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. The group you sit in is usually built around the age band, which in Boulder can mean one group rather than several.

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

Boulder has 28 NA meetings too, and most people end up using both.

Veterans are one of the 13 groups they offer a program for.

There is normally a family component, and it is one of the better questions to put to two programs. Al-Anon and Nar-Anon exist for the people around someone using, they are free, and they are separate from any treatment program. Ask what the family part of the program is called and who runs it, because that shows how seriously it is treated.

Lengths vary by level of care more than by center, and outpatient is the long one. The stretch after the main program usually runs far longer than the program did, and it is the part people underestimate. Ask what the schedule is day by day, because that is what you will be living.