How Do You Find Substance Abuse Treatment?
• Call your insurance company and tell them that you want treatment for your problem. • For a list of drug treatment centers check out the government database or All Treatment. • If you live with your parents and are without insurance, tell them your problem and that you want treatment for it. • If you are without parental guidance and insurance, call your local hospital and tell them what drug you want treatment for. For example, if you want methadone treatment for heroin addiction, tell them. • If they can help you, discuss payment options (insurance, welfare, sliding scale or credit). • If this goes well, then both of you will determine if you require inpatient or outpatient treatment and an admittance date. • If the hospital cannot help you, ask them if they know who can. Usually there will be a social worker available, or someone there who deals with such situations. • If that doesn’t work, call 1-800-Life-Net in NYC for substance abuse treatment referral. Usually, they will ask y
