Pacific Grove Hospital

They treat people at inpatient hospital, outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Outpatient keeps you at home and working, and a residential stay takes you out of the place you were using in.

They detox from opioids, alcohol and benzodiazepines. Coming off opioids without medical supervision can be dangerous, which is why it matters that this is one of 4 places near Riverside that do it.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Riverside often still has to be in person.

There are 8 more within a short drive of Riverside, so this does not have to be the only call you make.

They treat adults from 26 to 64 and young adults from 18 to 25. Anyone outside that range is worth a call rather than an assumption, and Riverside has 8 other centers to try.

The number quoted is almost always the first block, and the whole arc of treatment runs longer than that block. The stretch after the main program usually runs far longer than the program did, and it is the part people underestimate. Ask what the step down looks like after the main program ends.

Sometimes, and it depends far more on the level of care than on the center. The gap between deciding and starting is where most people fall away, so a shorter wait has value of its own. Ask whether the wait differs for someone paying privately, because the answer is often yes.

Outpatient programs are built around working hours precisely because most people cannot stop working. Short term disability sometimes applies to a residential stay, depending on the policy. Ask about evening and weekend schedules before ruling treatment out on time grounds.