Drug and alcohol treatment in East Dallas

Programs that serve women

Nexus Family Recovery Center is a nonprofit women’s center. It lists detox, residential care (you live at the program), outpatient care and medication treatment. Its listing says it accepts women in late pregnancy and allows children to come with their mothers.

The Magdalen House is a nonprofit 12-Step recovery community for alcohol addiction, listed as serving women. It has a two-week residential program and nonresidential support. Its listing says it is free and takes no insurance or government funding. It does not list detox, so ask what to do if you may need medical care while you stop drinking. Nexus’s listing does not show whether it takes insurance, so ask about cost up front.

See more on treatment for women.

Day treatment at Discovery Point

Discovery Point Retreat Dallas is the Dallas outpatient location of a Texas provider. It lists partial hospitalization (treatment for much of the day, then home at night), intensive outpatient (several sessions a week), outpatient care and sober living. Its listing does not limit who it serves. Ask who its sober living is for, and whether you must be in treatment there to stay.

Its inpatient sites are in Waxahachie and Ennis, outside Dallas. If you start there, ask whether you could move to the Dallas location afterward, and how that would work with your insurance.

If these programs do not serve you

Men and others who need detox, residential care or medication treatment will need to look outside East Dallas. South Dallas lists all three, and Homeward Bound there lists men and women. Irving and Plano list them too. A longer drive can be worth it, because a nearby day program may not replace these stages. Before you rule anything out, you can ask a program here to point you to the right place.

Our list does not cover every program. The federal search at findtreatment.gov may show more.

A parent weighing distance

For a mother, the question may be less about miles and more about whether her children can come. Before you rule out a longer trip across town, ask Nexus about ages, how many children can stay, and what happens during treatment hours.

If children cannot come, a program closer to family may matter more, because someone else will be caring for them and may want to visit. Each family will weigh this differently, and it is fair to ask the program to walk you through it.