New addiction center opens in Reidsville
Dec 18, 2024
REIDSVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — 11 percent of the population in North Carolina struggles with addiction, according to BrightView Addiction Facility.
The program is expanding. The newest addition is in Reidsville.
It is only the second facility of its kind in the entire state, the first BrightView facility is in Asheboro. They opened over a year ago, and they saw how it changed the lives of people in the community and decided it was time to expand.
“I never really thought that I could be where I am today," BrightView patient Haley Fagan said.
“It actually saved my life," BrightView patient Fannie Jones said.
“I’m no longer dependent on the pain medicine. I’m becoming me,” BrightView patient Angelina Smith said.
They are three different women with three different stories.
“I was 10 years sober, and I relapsed,” Fagan said.
“I woke up in the hospital being Narcaned,” Jones said.
“It just got to the point where I could not manage them like I hoped I could,” Smith said.
These women all have one common journey to sobriety.
A year ago BrightView opened the first of its kind addiction facility in North Carolina. They have helped 200 people. With success like that, it was time to expand.
“We do a lot of background into, 'What does a typical patient look like? Where do you see them?' In this area, there was just a huge deficit of help for our patients,” Vice President of Operations For BrightView Cherie Fesperman said.
The new facility in Reidsville opened on Tuesday, and they’ve already started the road to sobriety with three people.
“Now we have what’s called our medical assistant ... Patients can come in privately and get assessed ... We do run toxicology for patients,” Fesperman said.
Fagan says she didn’t have anything like this when she got clean 10 years ago.
“There was a doctor back in Georgia where I’m from that I would go see. It was just going into the office writing the prescription and leaving ... We didn’t go in there and talk about anything,” Fagan said.
With resources like this, she says anyone can get clean.
Fesperman says the key to their success is an altruistic approach to patients.
The good news is they’re already planning to expand even more.
Within the next five years, BrightView is hoping to open over 20 more facilities in North Carolina.