Step By Step Care Inc

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

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Greensboro, about a mile away.

They take mandated treatment. What paperwork the court wants back is between you and whoever ordered it, and Greensboro has 8 other centers if the dates do not work.

They treat mental health alongside the substance use, so both sides are handled in one place. Ask whether the psychiatric side is on site, because in Greensboro that is the part that varies.

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

Compare what each program provides rather than how each one describes itself. Any place promising a specific outcome is telling you something about itself rather than about treatment. Ask whether the person on the phone works for the center or for a referral service.

There is normally a family component, and it is one of the better questions to ask when comparing two places. Visiting is usually restricted in the first week and opens up later. Ask what the center expects from the household on the day the program ends.

Coming back after a return to use is one of the most ordinary things an intake line hears. Tolerance falls quickly during any break from use, which makes the stretch right after a program the riskiest one. Ask whether the program takes somebody back directly or wants a fresh assessment first.