Piedmont Community Services

Piedmont Community Services reports using: buprenorphine, often known as Suboxone, which reduces opioid cravings and withdrawal so you can focus on recovery; extended-release naltrexone, often known as Vivitrol, a once-monthly shot that blocks the effects of opioids and can reduce alcohol cravings; oral naltrexone, a daily pill that can reduce alcohol cravings or block the effects of opioids; acamprosate, which helps your brain settle after you stop drinking, easing things like restlessness and trouble sleeping; clonidine, a medication that can calm some physical symptoms of withdrawal.

Piedmont Community Services reports offering: cognitive behavioral therapy, a talk therapy that helps you notice and change the thought patterns that lead to substance use; motivational interviewing, a counseling style that helps you find your own reasons to change, without lectures or judgment; trauma-related counseling, therapy that addresses painful past experiences at your pace, because trauma and substance use are often connected; contingency management, a program that gives real rewards, like vouchers, for staying in treatment; 12-step facilitation, structured counseling built around the 12 steps, similar to AA or NA, guided by a professional; relapse prevention, which helps you spot your triggers early and make a plan so a hard moment doesn't undo your progress; the Matrix Model, a structured program that combines therapy, education, and family support, often used for cocaine or methamphetamine use; anger management, practical skills for noticing anger early and cooling it down; substance use counseling, regular sessions with a counselor focused on your recovery.

Yes. Piedmont Community Services reports offering trauma-related counseling, therapy that addresses painful past experiences at your pace, because trauma and substance use are often connected.

That doesn't have to stop you. Piedmont Community Services reports offering transportation assistance, help getting to and from treatment.

Possibly, yes. Piedmont Community Services reports offering housing services, help finding or keeping a stable place to live.

Yes. Piedmont Community Services reports offering employment counseling or training, help finding work or building job skills.

Treatment doesn't just stop when your program ends. Piedmont Community Services reports offering: discharge planning, a concrete plan made with you before you leave; aftercare and continuing care, ongoing support after your main program ends; follow-up after discharge, check-ins to see how you're doing; peer mentoring, support from people who have been through recovery themselves.

Yes. Piedmont Community Services reports offering naloxone and overdose education. Naloxone is a medicine that can reverse an opioid overdose.

No. Smoking is not permitted at Piedmont Community Services. Vaping is not permitted.

Piedmont Community Services reports serving women and men. If you're not sure whether a program is the right fit for you, call and ask. It's a normal question and they hear it every day.

Yes. Piedmont Community Services reports offering telehealth, which means treatment by video or phone from wherever you are.