Help for Eating Disorders Lillington NC

There is no abstinence from food. There is only management. This means that individuals who have eating disorders have to learn moderation, and that is very difficult, considerably harder than abstinence. There are a number of eating disorders which could be part of the problem. It’s not just all overeating. There is also anorexia nervosa, (which is basically starving yourself… sometimes to death) or bulimia nervosa (which involves inducing regurgitation).

Tri County Community Health
(910) 567-6194
3331 Easy Street
Dunn, NC
Hotline
(910) 296-1851
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Language Services
Spanish

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Harvest House
(910) 567-5020x5
1480 Maple Grove Church Road
Dunn, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Language Services
Spanish

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Southlight Inc
(919) 557-6967
301 Sunset Drive
Fuquay Varina, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Residential beds for clients' children

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Family Works Psych Center
(910) 509-0588
2002 Eastwood Street
Wilmington, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Cabarrus Baptist Association Inc
(704) 786-9205
930 Lee Ann Drive
Concord, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Elmore-Blackley Fellowship Home
(910) 892-6017
110 South Layton Avenue
Dunn, NC
Services Provided
Halfway house

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Southern Regional Center Adult
(919) 557-2501
130 North Judd Parkway NE
Fuquay Varina, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders

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ALPHA Counseling & DWI Services
(910) 875-0070
205 North Stewart Street
Raeford, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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LIFE Concepts
(910) 222-8901
2520 Murchison Road
Fayetteville, NC
Hotline
(910) 222-8901
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Cambridge Behavioral Health Services
(252) 353-4250
622 South Memorial Drive
Greenville, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Help for Eating Disorders

Finding help for eating disorders is different from finding help for any other addiction. This is because other substance abuses can be stopped cold turkey. If you go through alcohol withdrawal–or any withdrawal–you may become very sick. You may wish you were dead. But if you go through food withdrawal, you’ll die for real.

There is help for eating disorders.

There is no abstinence from food. There is only management. This means that individuals who have eating disorders have to learn moderation, and that is very difficult, considerably harder than abstinence. There are a number of eating disorders which could be part of the problem. It’s not just all overeating. There is also anorexia nervosa, (which is basically starving yourself… sometimes to death) or bulimia nervosa (which involves inducing regurgitation). Some of these problems include a mental disorder in which the individual can not see a true picture of their own body but see only some imagined defect that exists only in their mind. There’s also binge eating, and compulsive eating disorders –both of which serve somewhat as sedatives to calm or hide other psychological issues.

Just as in other addictions, inpatient and outpatient treatment is available; and programs are designed specifically to deal with psychiatric and physical problems as well as providing moral support. Cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychotherapy are also useful tools in dealing with dysfunctional eat...

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