Atrium Health Mercy

They offer inpatient hospital, detox and telemedicine. Which one fits is usually decided by how much structure the first few weeks need, and Charlotte has 8 other centers within 14 miles.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines and opioids. Which substances a place handles matters more than the word detox, and 3 of the 8 centers near Charlotte offer one at all.

Charlotte has 271 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

8 other centers are within about 14 miles, the nearest of them a few streets away in Charlotte.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which means the medication side is handled here rather than referred out to somewhere else in Charlotte.

Anything a program will put in writing is easier to compare than anything it only says on a call. The programs that handle a co-occurring diagnosis and the ones that do not are a genuine fork in the road. Ask both places for the daily schedule and compare those rather than the brochures.

A mental health condition alongside substance use does not make somebody a difficult admission. Trauma focused therapy is offered by some programs and not others, and it is a specific skill rather than a general one. Bring the existing diagnosis and the name of whoever currently treats it.

Think documents and medication first, comforts second. Vitamins and anything over the counter are treated as medication and get checked the same way. Ask for the written list before you pack, because every center's version differs.