UF Health Shands - Florida Recovery Center

They are set up for 3 levels: outpatient, telemedicine and detox. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Gainesville, 2 offer a bed.

They handle detox for opioids, alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine and methamphetamines. Ask how many days theirs lasts, because that varies more between places than people expect and Gainesville has 8 other centers to compare.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Gainesville.

Gainesville has 56 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Gainesville, not all of them do.

They offer a program for people dealing with past trauma, which is worth confirming on the call rather than assuming. A named program and one with a place free this month are different things, and Gainesville has 8 other centers to ask.

Nothing should change without a prescriber looking at it, and a good program works that way. A prescribed sedative is the usual complication and needs a plan built around it. Write the full list with doses and prescribers before you call anyone.

A wait quoted on the phone is an estimate of a queue that moves, rather than a date you can plan around. Where the wait is long, a detox can sometimes happen first and the treatment bed after it. Ask what you should do in the meantime, because a good program will have an answer.