SaVida Health Biddeford

SaVida Health - Biddeford is an outpatient addiction treatment center in Biddeford, Maine. They mostly treat opioid addiction because they specialized in medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder. However, they do treat alcohol addiction too.

Medication assisted treatment is a way to tackle both the physical and the emotional or mental components of addiction at the same time. Medications like Suboxone reduce your cravings for opioid and can gradually lower your physical dependency while keeping withdrawal symptoms at bay. Meanwhile, you get counseling to address the mental aspect of addiction.

You’ll have individual therapy and group counseling as part of your addiction treatment program here. During those sessions, you’ll address the mental and emotional issues that impact your addiction, whether that’s a co-occurring mental health condition or trauma or whatever they may be. You’ll also develop skills that will empower your recovery like learning how to better manage your emotions without drugs and alcohol and learning how to reduce stress.

There are a few aspects of the treatment here that I think are especially helpful. First, they go beyond addiction treatment and offer case management and recovery assistance to guide you through the other parts of your recovery journey like getting stable housing and a job. Second, they have peer recovery coaches, so you’ll get the wisdom and experience of people who have been through addiction and recovery. Third, they have specialized care for pregnant clients, and fourth, they have a harm reduction program here where they distribute Narcan. Finally, you have the advantage of being in the SaVida Health network which has locations throughout the East Coast and the Mid Atlantic.

• Medicaid
• Private insurance
• Self-pay options
• Medicare

Outpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

Medically Assisted Detox

Medical detox is the process of removing addictive substances from your body while under medical supervision. Quitting alcohol and drugs on your own can cause uncomfortable and even dangerous side effects. In a medically supervised detox, licensed medical professionals monitor you 24/7 to help keep you as safe and comfortable as possible. The process is highly individualized to fit your specific needs, but the medical detox generally takes 5-7 days.

Adult program

Adolescence program

Program for men

Program for women

• Private setting