Second Chances Addiction Recovery Ctr

They offer outpatient, inpatient residential and detox. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Rayville has 4 other centers within 14 miles.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to Rayville.

They treat people in Sign language as well as English, which is worth confirming before a first visit because Rayville has 4 other centers and not all of them do.

Rayville has 1 AA group, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Rayville.

Veterans are one of the 5 groups they offer a dedicated program for.

Some programs have a prescriber on site and some rely on yours, which is worth knowing in advance. Whether a program employs its own prescriber is a concrete difference worth asking about early. Ask how soon after arrival you would see a prescriber.

Identification, insurance card, medications in their original labeled containers, and a week of ordinary clothes. A written packing list exists at almost every residential program, and asking for it saves an argument at intake. Write the medication list before you pack anything, with the doses and who prescribed them.