Safe Refuge

They offer inpatient residential and telemedicine. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Long Beach has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Long Beach, 2.1 miles away.

Long Beach has 366 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They offer a pregnancy program. Call rather than wait, because this is the one case where timing changes the options and Long Beach may not have a second place set up for it.

They prescribe buprenorphine. Medication and counseling together is the standard of care for opioid use rather than an either or, and not every place near Long Beach offers both.

Both can be treated at once, and programs that do are described as integrated or co-occurring. An integrated program treats both in one place. A sequential one treats the substance use first, which leaves a gap. Ask whether the therapy is delivered by somebody licensed to treat the mental health side.

Programs are commonly sold in blocks of 28 or 30 days, 60 days and 90 days, with outpatient care lasting longer and lighter. The 28 day figure comes from what insurers once reimbursed rather than from anything about how recovery works. Ask whether the length is set by the clinical team or by what your plan approves.

A treatment program cannot confirm to a caller that you are there without your written permission. Who you authorize, and what they are authorized to hear, are two separate choices on the same form. Read what you sign at intake, because the release is in that stack.