Substance Use Disorder Bridge Clinics

About the Bridge Clinics

Mass General Brigham Bridge Clinics are welcoming, easy-to-access outpatient centers designed to support each person on their journey to recovery from alcohol or drug addiction. Addiction is also known as substance use disorder (SUD).

We offer walk-in or scheduled care. We provide a range of services, including:

• Medication to treat addiction
• Counseling
• Peer support
• Help finding resources
• Mental health care
• Tools to reduce the risk of overdose or other harms

Our Bridge Clinics are designed to be transitional. This means we support you for a period of time, usually a few months, while helping you take the next step in your recovery journey. During that time, we’ll work with you to find a long-term care provider in the community to continue your treatment and support.

Part of Mental Health and Psychiatric Services

Individual, human-centered care

Evidence-based SUD treatment is a multidisciplinary, collaborative effort, and care looks different for everyone. At the Bridge Clinic, our goal is to support each person on their own self-defined recovery journey. Some people start with medication, some with counseling or peer support. Many use a combination of services.

Recovery is defined by the individual, and our care teams work with you to create a plan that feels right for your journey.

You can get care today by visiting or calling one of our Bridge Clinic locations—no appointment or referral needed.

Effective medication for addiction treatment

There are effective medications available for both opioid and alcohol use disorder. For opioid addiction, medication has been shown to lead to the highest recovery rates and can reduce the risk of death by more than 50%.

Buprenorphine is the only lifesaving medication for opioid addiction that can be prescribed right in a doctor’s office.

To learn more, visit any Mass General Brigham Bridge Clinic to speak with a provider about your treatment options.

Building your team

Treatment for SUD isn’t something you have to do alone. We believe treatment is most effective when you can build a team around you and draw on the strength of the people who care about you. That’s why our Bridge Clinic teams take time to understand who you are and to help you build or grow your support network. We also supplement it with recovery coaches who offer peer support grounded in their own experience with addiction and recovery.

A recovery coach is someone in recovery from a substance use disorder. They are a key part of our Bridge Clinic team, not as clinicians, but as peers who understand what you are going through and are here to support you as you navigate care.

Breaking stigma, building trust

Historically, many people battling SUD have faced punishment and stigma instead of support. While the public discourse around addiction is changing, many still view SUD as bad behavior or a moral failing.

At Mass General Brigham, we know substance use is a health condition that deserves compassion and evidence-based treatment. Our Bridge Clinics are welcoming spaces where every person is treated with dignity, compassion, and respect, no matter where they are on their journey.