Oakland Family Services - Substance Abuse Services

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 Waterford is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Pontiac, 3.3 miles away.

They treat pregnant and postpartum clients. Ask whether prenatal care is on site or coordinated with somewhere else in Pontiac.

Pontiac has 31 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

Nobody stays overnight. Outpatient means you keep sleeping at home and come in for sessions, and the closest residential option is under a mile away in Pontiac.

The useful comparisons are concrete: the level of care, whether there is a prescriber, what the aftercare is, and the cost. Who delivers the therapy matters: licensed clinicians and counselors in training are not the same thing. Ask what license is held by the person who would actually be treating you.

It depends which level of care you are asking about, because they run on different clocks. The early part of any program is mostly stabilizing, and the work people picture when they think of treatment starts after that. Call (844) 822-5800 to talk through which level of care fits what you are dealing with.

In network and out of network are the two phrases that decide most of this. A plan tends to approve a level of care in blocks of days, then review whether to carry on. If a plan declines a level of care there is an appeal, and appeals are used more often than people expect.