NYC/HHC Kings County Hospital Center

They offer inpatient hospital, telemedicine, outpatient 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 provide detox for 5 substances: alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Brooklyn has 8 other centers.

They offer a program for veterans. Whether they bill the VA is a separate question, and the answer differs between places even inside Brooklyn.

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 Brooklyn.

They do video appointments, which matters if Brooklyn is a drive for you.

They treat young people from 12 up, so a parent calling from Brooklyn about a teenager is in the right place.

It is the stretch after discharge, and it tends to decide whether the program holds. A recurrence in the first month is common, and a plan that anticipates it is worth more than one that does not. Ask what the alumni side of it involves, because it is often the most useful free thing on offer.

Publicly funded residential programs tend to have the longest lists and the lowest cost. Private programs typically have shorter waits and higher prices, and both facts are part of the same picture. Ask what you should do in the meantime, because a good program will have an answer.