Changing Tides

They provide outpatient, which is the whole of what this address in Kitty Hawk is set up for.

They detox from alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids, so the first stage and the treatment after it can happen in one place rather than across two trips to Kitty Hawk.

Kitty Hawk has 11 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

Outpatient only, and nothing within 14 miles of Kitty Hawk has beds either, so a residential stay would mean traveling further than that.

It is on its own in this part of NC, which makes the waiting list question worth asking early.

Ask both places the same questions and the differences come out quickly. A program willing to tell you who it is not suitable for is usually being straight with you about the rest. Ask what happens if somebody wants to leave partway through, because the answer says a lot about how a place is run.

Figures vary so widely between programs that an average would mislead you more than it helps. Nonprofit and faith based programs sometimes cost a fraction of commercial rates, with longer waits attached. Ask whether medication is inside the quote, because it is a frequent extra.

Both get treated together at the programs that do this properly, by one team. A diagnosis made while someone is still using can be wrong, so assessment often waits until after detox. Ask whether there is a psychiatrist or a prescriber on the team, and how often you would see them.