For men who have developed a physical dependence on alcohol, opioids, benzodiazepines, or other substances, medically supervised detox is the necessary first step before any therapeutic work can begin. At St. Christopher's Baton Rouge facility, detox is conducted on-site under the supervision of Dr. Jose Artecona, M.D., a board-certified addictionologist with more than 20 years of experience. Clients receive 24-hour nursing care, continuous monitoring, individualized withdrawal management, and physician-directed medication support throughout the process.

Detox at STC is not a standalone service. Clients transition directly from detox into our residential program, staying with the same clinical team in the same organization.

Residential treatment is where the foundational work of recovery takes shape. Clients live on-site at our Baton Rouge facility in a structured, clinically supervised environment designed to address the full scope of addiction: the substance use, the co-occurring mental health conditions, the trauma, the behavioral patterns, and the relational damage that has accumulated over years.

Individual therapy, group psychotherapy, 12-Step process work, dual diagnosis treatment, and wellness programming work together within a peer community that is itself one of the most clinically powerful forces in early recovery. This is where men begin to understand not just what addiction took from them, but what recovery can give back.

Our Intensive Outpatient Program in Baton Rouge provides structured evening treatment for men who are reintegrating into daily life while maintaining the clinical depth and peer accountability that early recovery requires.

STC IOP delivers rigorous group psychotherapy, individual counseling, dual diagnosis support, and case management within a schedule built around the demands of everyday life.

A progressive, community-based phase of recovery that moves clients through structured sober living in Baton Rouge, increasing independence at each step while maintaining the peer accountability and clinical connection that make lasting sobriety sustainable. This is not a transition away from recovery. It is recovery practiced in real life, with the people and the support structure to back it up.

Our Family Program is a standalone clinical offering available to the families of men in treatment at any phase of the STC continuum. It provides structured education, counseling, and support to help families understand the nature of addiction, process their own experience, and develop the tools to support their loved one's recovery in ways that are healthy and constructive rather than inadvertently enabling.

If someone you love is in treatment at St. Christopher's, this program is for you.