FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What can I expect in the first 4-8 hours?

  • Admission paperwork upon arrival
  • Nursing assessment
  • Review of policies/procedures, belongings search, urinary drug screen, and Buddy Assignment
  • Room assignment
  • History and Physical by medical staff (if you are admitted before 5 pm)
  • Counselor assignment (if you are admitted before 4 pm)

What kind of counseling will I receive?

  • Group therapy is the primary form of treatment
  • Individual counseling is based on your assessment, your needs, and/or your request.
  • Counseling will focus primarily on your addictive disorder.  Attention to issues other than chemical dependency will be addressed as determined by the clinical team.

What kind of medical services will I receive?

  • You will be evaluated daily by nursing and medical staff while in detox level of care.
  • Medical staff will see all other patients (after admission History and Physical) once a week and more often if medically required.

How long will I be in treatment?

  • Your length of stay will be based on your needs and will be determined by the medical and clinical team.
  • Lengths of stay generally do not exceed 28 days and may be determined by your insurance company.

Is Wilmington Treatment Center the place for me or my family member? Wilmington Treatment Center offers full care to adults who abuse alcohol and/or drugs or who have the disease of chemical dependency. It is a supportive, warm environment that will help you begin your journey to recovery. Wilmington Treatment Center also provides an intensive family program to help the friends and family of the addicted individual.

If I have a friend or family member who is unwilling to seek help, what can I do? This is a difficult and heart breaking situation. You may have heard that people must want to have help. We don't believe this. We believe that it is our responsibility to help those who may not be able to help themselves. It is possible - and often successful - to do a formal intervention on those needing help. Please contact us, and we will guide you in this process.

Is my information confidential? All inquiries and admissions to our treatment program are kept completely confidential. Federal laws and regulations are strictly followed to protect anonymity.


Things To Bring :

(please limit to 1 luggage, and 1 personal bag)

7 days change of clothes, including PJ’s. Clothes should be casual, nothing revealing.

Bathroom and hygiene products. No mouthwash containing alcohol, aerosol cans, nail polish or nail polish remover.

All non-narcotic prescriptions in their pharmacy bottles. Ask admissions counselor about medications that you need to have enough of for entire stay. Some of these are birth control, asthma medication, and medication for diabetes.

Basic alarm clock (no clock radios) and or watch                 

Phone card.

Cigarettes and Lighters enough to last for 4 weeks or arrange for family/friends to provide additional tobacco products during your stay.

 $40 cash for the vending machines and on some occasions ordering food out and you can have additional money sent by family if needed.

Things not to bring:

If you bring the items listed below they will be locked in the luggage room or the Ward Clerks office for the duration of your stay.

Any outside food, beverages and candy

Cell phones, laptops or beepers

Electronic equipment iPods, and MP3 players, iPads, PDA’s, hand held games and similar devices

Dvds, Videos, or Cds

Cameras

Revealing clothing (no spaghetti straps, short shorts or skirts, or tank tops for men,) Clothes with holes in them and those with offensive slogans or that promote alcohol or drugs – for example one advertising a bar.

Playing cards, dice, other gambling paraphernalia

Stuffed animals, bedding, pillows.

Cologne, perfume, or aerosol sprays

Scissors or sharp objects, including metal nail files and straight edge razors.

Toxic magic markers/highlighters

Expensive jewelry or clothing

Loose tobacco and rolling papers

SPICE: Synthetic cannabis is an herbal and chemical product which mimics the effects of cannabis. It is best known by the brand names K2[1] and Spice. When synthetic cannabis products first went on sale it was thought that they achieved an effect through a mixture of legal herbs. Laboratory analysis in 2008 showed this was not the case and that they in fact contained synthetic cannabinoids which act on the body in a similar way to cannabinoids naturally found in cannabis, such as THC. Synthetic cannabinoids, including cannabicyclohexanol, JWH-018, JWH-073, and HU-210, are used in an attempt to avoid the laws which make cannabis illegal, making synthetic cannabis a designer drug. It has been sold under various brand names, online, in head shops and at some gas stations. It is marketed as an incense or "herbal smoking blend", but the products are usually smoked by users. Although synthetic cannabis does not produce positive results in drug tests for cannabis, it is possible to detect its metabolites in human urine. The synthetic cannabinoids contained in synthetic cannabis products have been made illegal in many European countries, but remain legal under federal law in the USA and Canada. Several US states have made it illegal under state law. (Wikipedia)

If you are found to be in possession or under the influence of this substance or in possession it may be grounds for immediate discharge.

Medications:

The following is an example of medication that cannot be taken:

Stimulants – Adderol, Concerta, Ritalin and their generics

Opiate pain medications – Vicodin, Percocet, Oxycontin, Roxycodone etc. and their generic or brand name equivalents

Benzodiazepines – Valium, Xanax, Klonipin, or other sedative hypnotics and their generic equivalents

Ultram and its generic

Muscle relaxers – Soma, Flexiril or other muscle relaxers and their generics

Sleeping pills – Lunesta, Sonata, Ambien or other sleeping pills and their generics

Herbal remedies for sleep, energy etc.

If the above medications are brought to the facility you will be instructed to either send them back with persons who transported you to the facility or we will discuss the process of them being sent to the pharmacy for destruction.