Admissions

Honest answer: it depends on where you start. Most people spend three to seven days in medical detox, then thirty to ninety days in residential care. PHP adds two to four more weeks, and IOP adds another eight to twelve. You will not be pushed out before you are ready, and you will not be kept longer than insurance and clinical progress warrant. Your admissions specialist will walk you through a realistic timeline in the first call.

Alcohol, opioids, heroin, prescription stimulants, other prescription drugs, marijuana, inhalants, and barbiturates. If you are navigating polysubstance use — which many people are — our detox team is set up for that too. You can tell us everything in the intake call; nothing shocks our clinicians, and the more honest the picture, the safer the detox plan.

Probably more of it than you think, and we verify in under an hour so you are not guessing. We are in-network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid, Medicare, Health Net, Beacon Health Options, and Optum. Even if you are not listed there, call us — out-of-network benefits often still cover a meaningful portion of care, and we will tell you the real numbers before you commit.

Yes — scheduled visits on weekends, in our family visiting area. We ask for the first week to be family-free so your loved one can settle into treatment, and then Yvette's Thursday family programming sessions become part of the clinical plan. Visiting is not just permitted; it is part of the therapeutic structure.

Phones are collected at intake and stored safely. You will have scheduled phone hours — typically two windows per day in residential — to call family, employers, sponsors, or anyone else on your clinically approved contact list. Evenings often include a dedicated family call hour. The boundary is not about control; it is about giving your nervous system a chance to settle without the pull of a thousand notifications.

Withdrawal is real, but it does not have to be terrifying. You will have a physician monitoring you, comfort medications available around the clock, a nurse within arm's reach, and a quiet room designed for the hardest hours. Most patients describe the first 48 hours as the worst and the rest as progressively easier. You will not go through it alone.

That describes most of the people who come to ELYS. Every admission receives a psychiatric evaluation within the first 48 hours, and your mental health treatment runs alongside the addiction work — not in sequence, not as an afterthought. If you are already on psychiatric medication, bring the bottles; we will coordinate with your prescriber.

Discharge is a transition, not an ending. You leave with a step-down plan — often PHP or IOP — alumni group access, a relapse prevention kit, and a staff member's phone number for the first-90-day crisis window. Monthly alumni dinners happen on our campus, and many graduates keep coming years later. That community is one of the reasons people stay well.

Family visiting area, equine therapy barn, chef-prepared meals in a farm-to-table kitchen, volleyball court, library, greenhouse, swimming pool, and gourmet dining. These are not spa features — they are clinical tools. The barn supports experiential therapy, the greenhouse grounds trauma work, the pool regulates the nervous system. Enjoyment is a side effect of good treatment design.

Yes — that is exactly what our admissions specialists are there for. Call (209) 297-7750 any hour of any day. No recording, no phone tree — a real person, clinically trained, who will stay on the line as long as you need. If you prefer, email [email protected] and we will respond the same day.