UNC Hospital - Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program

They are set up for 2 levels: outpatient and telemedicine. Of the 8 centers within 14 miles of Chapel Hill, 4 offer a bed.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Chapel Hill, under a mile away.

They do not prescribe. If buprenorphine or methadone is part of what you need, say so on the call and ask who they refer to in Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill has 26 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Chapel Hill often still has to be in person.

They treat both. A diagnosis left untreated while the substance use is treated is the usual reason a first attempt does not hold, and Carrboro is the nearest place to try instead if this one does not fit.

Ask both places the same questions and the differences come out quickly. Whoever answers the phone is not always whoever operates the program, because referral services are common in this field. Ask for the daily schedule in writing rather than a description of it.

Outpatient care usually starts within days. A residential bed can be immediate or weeks out. The longest lists tend to sit at the programs that cost the least, which is the genuinely hard part of this. Ask what you should do in the meantime, because a good program will have an answer.