Stonington Institute

Stonington Institute is located in North Stonington, Connecticut. They offer outpatient programs for substance use and co-occurring (dual diagnosis) disorders. They also have an adult residential detox program, but please note that it’s at their Trails Corner Recovery Center in Groton, about 30 minutes from the outpatient program in North Stonington. They accept most insurance, including TRICARE. They also accept private pay. They don’t accept Medicare.

They have full accessibility to their programs for the disabled. This includes people who are blind, hard of hearing, deaf or have other sensory issues. They provide sign language interpreters. They also have taped material, large print, and readers for the blind. If you have trouble with manual dexterity, they have assistive devices to help you.

There’s also a Starlight Military Program for Veterans and active duty military. This is a 28-day program that focuses on substance use and co-occurring disorders, especially post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It’s a residential program run through the Trails Corner Recovery Center in Groton.

The institute in North Stonington has an intensive outpatient program (IOP). The program is focused on helping those who need treatment and recovery support and have daytime availability. The program is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The IOP starts with a community meeting and then breaks into two groups, either small group therapy or anger management, whichever group is best for you. You’ll then move to small group therapy or an art, spirituality, or music group. Lunch is then provided after which you’ll move back to a small therapy group or spirituality group. More group work in the afternoon addresses relapse prevention, relationships, nutrition, trigger management, and 12-step work.

In the IOP, you’ll also meet individually with a psychiatrist and/or clinician or case manager. They schedule the individual sessions throughout the day to minimize disruption to the group therapy classes.

Admission to the program requires you to be stable but with a recent bout of drug or alcohol use and a history of excessive drug or alcohol use. You also need to meet level 11.1, 11.5, or I ASAM criteria for partial hospitalization treatment. You need to show that you’d benefit from treatment but would be unable to benefit from less intensive treatment.