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People come to Find Care to look for addiction treatment in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas and Mississippi, and most of them have questions first. If you're a licensed or certified provider, write one of our guides: you get the byline, and an author box that sends readers to your listing.
Why write for us
- Your name on it. The guide says "By" you, with your credential, and search engines see you as its author.
- An author box that links to your listing. At the end of the guide: your photo, a short bio, and links to your Find Care listing, your website and your phone.
- The right readers. Guides are found by people searching for treatment, often in your own city, at the moment they're deciding who to call. They sit with our other guides and are linked from the directory.
- Free, both ways. We don't pay for articles and you don't pay to publish. Nobody can buy a guide or a mention in one.
Who can write
Providers with a claimed Find Care listing: counselors, therapists, recovery coaches, prescribers and programs. If you're licensed or certified but not listed yet, you can still write: tell us your license or certification and we'll check it on the state's lookup before anything goes up. (While you're at it, claim your free listing, so the author box has somewhere to send readers.)
Guidelines
- Original and only here. Your own work, not published anywhere else (including your own blog).
- 700 to 2,000 words, in plain language a worried parent can follow. Short paragraphs, real headings, and explain any term a client wouldn't know.
- Cite your sources for medical, legal and insurance facts: link the agency, law or study where you say it, and list at least four sources with links at the end. Government and medical sources are best (SAMHSA, NIDA, NIAAA, MedlinePlus, your state's Medicaid agency).
- No client stories that could identify anyone. No names, ages, towns, jobs or details a neighbor could recognize, even changed ones. Describe what's common, not a particular person.
- No ads. No discounts, prices, "call us now", or phone numbers in the article. Your contact details go in the author box.
- Say how you're connected. If you mention a program, a product or a group you work for, own or are paid by, say so in the article.
- We may edit for clarity, length, accuracy and style, and to keep it up to date later.
Every article gets a first-pass check when you send it (length, sources, ad-like or identifying wording), then a person at Cima reads it and checks your license. We'll email you when it's live, or tell you why if it isn't a fit. Approved articles go up as a Find Care guide with a line saying when we reviewed it.
Topics we need
Questions people search for that we don't have a good guide for yet. Pick one, or suggest your own: anything that helps someone find or get through treatment.
For clients
What to expect your first week of IOP
The schedule, groups, the first assessment, what to bring, and how it fits around work or school.
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How families can help someone into detox
Starting the conversation, finding a bed, what detox does and doesn't do, and what comes after.
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Medicaid and addiction treatment in Louisiana
What Healthy Louisiana plans cover, how to get a referral, and where to call first.
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Recovery for veterans in Texas
VA care, community care, peer programs and what to do while waiting for an appointment.
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Sober living rules explained
House rules, drug testing, chores, fees, guests, and how a good house differs from a bad one.
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MAT myths: what medication for addiction really does
Buprenorphine, methadone and naltrexone, the "trading one drug for another" myth, and how long people stay on it.
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Getting addiction treatment while you keep working
Evening IOP, FMLA, what your employer can and can't be told, and EAPs.
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A Spanish-language guide for families
Written in Spanish: how treatment works, what it costs, and how to find Spanish-speaking care.
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Rural addiction treatment options in Oklahoma
Telehealth, travel to programs, county resources and SoonerCare.
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Relapse warning signs and what to do
Early signs, a plan for a slip, and when to go back to a higher level of care.
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Teen vaping: help for parents
Signs, how to talk about it, school policies, and when to get a teen counselor involved.
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What a recovery coach does
How coaching differs from counseling, what a session looks like, and what it costs.
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How to choose a detox program
Medical vs social detox, the questions to ask, red flags, and insurance.
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Appealing a denied claim for addiction treatment
Why claims are denied, the appeal steps and deadlines, parity law, and outside review.
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Alcohol withdrawal: when it's dangerous
Who shouldn't quit alone, the warning signs, and getting medical help.
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Fentanyl and naloxone: what every family should know
Where to get naloxone free or cheap, how to use it, and test strips.
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Treatment for pregnant women who use drugs
Safe care in pregnancy, MAT, programs that take mothers and babies, and what the law says.
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Paying for rehab without insurance in Missouri
State-funded programs, sliding fees, and what to ask about cost.
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What happens at an addiction assessment
The questions, the level-of-care decision (ASAM), and how to prepare.
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Supporting a spouse in early recovery
Boundaries, trust, family sessions, and support groups for partners.
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Court-ordered treatment in Kansas and Arkansas
Drug courts, what counts as completing treatment, and getting records to the court.
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Gambling problems and where to get help
Signs, free state helplines and counseling, and help for families.
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