Sandstone Care Virginia Beach

They provide outpatient, detox and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Norfolk is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

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 Virginia Beach has 8 other centers.

Virginia Beach has 133 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

They prescribe 2 medications: buprenorphine and naltrexone. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Virginia Beach.

Some of what they do can happen remotely. Ask which parts, because it is rarely all of them and the 8 centers near Virginia Beach differ on it.

The first conversation is mostly questions about what is being used, how much, and for how long. Understating the amount is the common mistake, and it leads to the wrong level of care being offered. Ask what happens between the call and the first day, and who is responsible for each part.

Inpatient means the treatment holds the whole day. Outpatient means it has to fit around one. The middle levels, several hours a day with your own bed at night, are the ones most people have never heard of. Be honest about what is around you at home. It changes the recommendation.

Identification, insurance details, prescriptions in their labeled containers, and about a week of clothes. Most residential programs search bags on arrival and hold anything they do not allow until you leave. Write the medication list before you pack anything, with the doses and who prescribed them.