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Arizona residents who need help addressing a drug or alcohol problem have numerous outpatient treatment options to choose from. Outpatient programs comprise over 82% of the treatment available in Arizona, with 176 regular outpatient facilities and 115 intensive outpatient. These options include day treatment and partial hospitalization as well, but these services are available on a limited basis. There are also over 30 facilities offering detoxification on an outpatient basis and 30 programs providing opiate maintenance services, services which provide clients with either methadone or buprenorphine to help with stop cravings and opiate withdrawal. Methadone, buprenorphine and similar drugs are often used in this manner to help individuals who are physically dependent to heroin or prescription pain killers, but it isn't traditional treatment because individuals have to take these drugs every day indefinitely. So choosing abstinence or this alternative is a personal choice, but there are outpatient programs for opiate dependent clients that offer effective drug free alternatives in the state.

There are regular outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment services as mentioned above, with the main difference being how much time clients spend in treatment. Some clients need more intensive treatment because of the nature of their addiction or their person circumstances. If someone is at a high risk of relapse and they can't afford an inpatient program, an intensive outpatient program in Arizona may help prevent a devastating relapse. As opposed to regular outpatient services which IOP takes treatment to a much more intensive level because clients dedicate several days a week to treatment, whereas regular programs only require 1 day a week typically. Outpatient clients in Arizona will receive individuals counseling and group therapy, and some programs even offer family therapy. The traditional 12-step models are the most common but there are also alternative outpatient programs in Arizona including those which offer a holistic approach.