Medical detox, a medically monitored first step.

An interdisciplinary team, each within their own scope. Nurses monitor patients 24/7 during medical detox — vitals, withdrawal symptoms, sleep, and safety. Nurse practitioners and other qualified medical providers handle assessment, medication orders, and medical decisions, with medical-director oversight of the program. Counselors and behavioral health technicians support you through the days themselves. Around-the-clock nursing during detox is not the same as continuous physician presence, and we'd rather be precise about that than imply otherwise.

Medical detox is withdrawal managed with medical supervision — 24/7 nursing monitoring your vitals and symptoms, with medication used to keep you safe and as comfortable as possible while the substance clears. It's the first stage of treatment, not the whole of it.

It depends entirely on the substance. Alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal can cause seizures and, in alcohol's case, delirium tremens — both are medical emergencies and both are reasons not to withdraw alone. Opioid withdrawal is rarely fatal but carries real dehydration risk and a sharp drop in tolerance afterward. Stimulant withdrawal is mainly a psychiatric risk. Your assessment determines the level of monitoring you need.

That depends on the substance, how much and how long you've been using, and your health. Acute opioid withdrawal typically eases over roughly a week; alcohol's most dangerous window is the first 72 hours; benzodiazepines are tapered over a longer period. Ya qualified medical provider plans it around how you actually respond rather than a fixed schedule.

Yes, where it's clinically appropriate. Comfort medications manage nausea, cramping, agitation, and sleep. For opioid and alcohol use disorder, medication-assisted treatment may be started during or after detox to address cravings — Suboxone, Subutex, or Vivitrol, managed by a qualified medical provider. We do not offer methadone.

For alcohol and benzodiazepines we'd advise strongly against it — those are the two where withdrawal itself can kill you. For other substances it's less medically dangerous but has a high failure rate, because the symptoms peak exactly when leaving is easiest. Medical detox also connects directly into treatment instead of back to where you started.

Detox resolves physical dependence; it doesn't treat what drives the use, which is why detox alone has such a high return-to-use rate. Here it flows directly into residential treatment — therapy, treatment for co-occurring conditions, relapse prevention, and an aftercare plan built before you leave.

Yes. Indiana Medicaid and most major insurance are accepted for medical detox and residential care. Call and we'll verify your specific plan and your exact cost up front.