Athens Area Commencement Center - Detox Center in Athens, GA

Athens Area Commencement Center is a samhsa-listed detox center in Athens, GA (30606). SAMHSA publishes no ratings, inspections, or quality scores for these listings; confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly with the provider.

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How to verify Athens Area Commencement Center

These listings are drawn from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov national directory (the N-SUMHSS), a public-domain U.S. government dataset (17 U.S.C. 105). SAMHSA has not reviewed or endorsed this site. Before you rely on this listing, confirm licensing, services, eligibility, and cost directly with the provider. These listings are unrated: no ratings, inspections, or quality scores are published, so there is no score to check.

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Ownership & operation

Ownership type: for-profit. Facility type: Detox Centers. Confirm current ownership and operation with the provider.

Levels of care & settings

• Detoxification
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Substance use treatment

Medications & pharmacotherapies

• Acamprosate (Campral®)
• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Buprenorphine used in Treatment
• Buprenorphine with naloxone
• Buprenorphine without naloxone
• Clonidine
• Disulfiram
• Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
• Maintenance service with medically supervised withdrawal after stabilization
• Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable)
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Naltrexone used in Treatment
• Nicotine replacement
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
• Prescribes buprenorphine
• Prescribes naltrexone
• Relapse prevention with naltrexone

Treatment approaches

• 12-step facilitation
• Brief intervention
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Matrix Model
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Substance use disorder counseling

Assessment & testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Complete medical history/physical exam
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• HIV testing
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for tobacco use
• STD testing
• TB screening
• Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
• Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

Education & counseling

• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis
• Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
• HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
• Individual counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education

Ancillary & recovery services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Case management service
• Discharge Planning
• Integrated primary care services
• Mentoring/peer support
• Naloxone and overdose education
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Self-help groups
• Social skills development

Special programs & populations

• Adolescents
• Adult men
• Adult women
• Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Payment, insurance & assistance

• Cash or self-payment
• Private health insurance
• State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Age groups served

• Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Facility type & operation

• Private for-profit organization

Detoxification services

• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Medication routinely used during detoxification
• Methamphetamines detoxification
• Opioids detoxification

Licensing & accreditation

• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
• State department of health
• State substance use treatment agency

About detox centers in Athens

Detox centers provide medically supervised withdrawal management - often called detox - for alcohol, opioids, and other drugs, with monitoring and stabilization before ongoing treatment. Some are hospital-based and some are freestanding. These listings are unrated: no star ratings, inspections, or quality scores are published, so confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly.

Ask whether medical coverage is available around the clock, how withdrawal is managed, whether a plan for ongoing treatment is included, and what the program costs. These listings are unrated - verify services, licensing, cost, and availability directly. For local alternatives, browse the Detox Centers directory for Athens, the Clarke County detox centers list, or all care types in Athens.

For context, this directory lists 2 detox centers in Athens; 1 in ZIP 30606.

ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 30606 · Detox Centers in ZIP 30606

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Data provenance

Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record 602b69c5114f2891). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.