FIRST at Blue Ridge IncResidential Treatment in Ridgecrest, NC
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FIRST at Blue Ridge, Inc. is a North Carolina-licensed, peer-led therapeutic community located in Ridgecrest, North Carolina, east of Asheville along Interstate 40. The organization operates a Modified Therapeutic Community providing comprehensive residential addiction treatment for individuals with chronic substance use disorders. The program utilizes 12-Step principles combined with intensive clinical oversight and serves individuals struggling with addiction, homelessness, unemployment, and criminal justice involvement. The campus features an 85-bed facility for men and a 65-bed facility for women, along with transitional housing. FIRST provides group counseling, case management, vocational training and job-placement assistance, life skills groups including Anger Management, Relationships, 12-Step Study Groups, Moral Reconation Therapy, and Seeking Safety. Residents participate in daily on-campus 12-Step meetings and community-based self-help groups. The organization is funded through partnerships with vocational training partners, local employers, grants, foundations, and contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.
Role
Residential Treatment
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Evidence-based approaches
12-step facilitation
Twelve-Step Facilitation. Helps you engage with mutual-aid fellowships (GA, AA, SMART) as a recovery community rather than a solo grind.
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
Moral reconation therapy
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Substance use treatment
- Transitional housing, halfway house, or sober home
Setting
- Residential/24-hour residential
- Long-term residential
- Short-term residential
Payment & access
Financial help available
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Insurance acceptance is listed by the provider and can change. Call the number above to verify your specific coverage before scheduling.
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Case management service
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Social skills development
- Transportation assistance
Education & counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support
- Hepatitis education, counseling, or support
- Substance use disorder education
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Individual counseling
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
Who this is for
Age groups served
- Young Adults
- Adults
Special programs
- Adult women
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- Adult men
- Veterans
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
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