MAHEC Center for Psychiatry and

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

They do not detox. Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines in particular is a medical event, and the closest place set up for it is in Asheville, about a mile away.

They prescribe buprenorphine and naltrexone, which is the part of treatment that is prescribed rather than attended. Of the 8 centers near Asheville, not all of them do.

Asheville has 133 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in Asheville are in it too, or only the one to one ones.

It ranges from nothing at all, in a state funded program, to figures that need a payment plan. The gap between two quotes is often the length of the program rather than the quality of the care. Cost is a reasonable thing to lead with, and nobody answering a treatment line will be surprised by it.

Prescriptions are usually kept going, and changing one is a decision for a prescriber rather than a policy. Any medication you were prescribed by someone else is still their decision until a prescriber at the program takes it over. Write the full list with doses and prescribers before you call anyone.

The two feed each other, which is why handling them separately tends to work badly. Psychiatric medication and treatment medication can usually be managed together by the same team. Ask what happens if the psychiatric side turns out to need more than the program planned for.