211 Six Forks Road, Ste. 117, Raleigh, NC 27609,

136 US Hwy 70, Suite 201 Garner, NC 27526

3329 Chapel Hill Blvd, Suite 201
 Durham, NC 27707
First Step Services of Raleigh and Garner NC.
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Every great journey begins with a First Step...

First Step Services, LLC provides alcohol & drug abuse counseling and mental health counseling for adults, adolescents and families.

Our counseling services include individual, adult and adolescent counseling, family groups,  Intensive Outpatient Alcohol and Drug Treatment and DWI Services. Assessments and counseling sessions are available 6 days per week.

Adolescent Services & Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program Services  are provided individually and in groups. The family is involved in all aspects of our adolescent treatment program. Our upcoming Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program will be strongly family involved.

F.A.C.E.
Family And Community Education

First Step provides a free substance abuse education program to families and other interested parties. Learn how to effectively help the alcohol or drug user you care about. 

The F.A.C.E. program meets at First Step   on Six Forks Road in Suite 214 each Monday evening, 6:00 - 7:30 PM. F.A.C.E. Family And Community Education. All who are interested in learning more about alcohol & drug abuse and what the family and friends can do to assist. The family and others from the community are welcome.  

First Step is licensed by the State of North Carolina  to provide DWI and DWLR assessments, ADETS and DWI related substance abuse treatment services.

First Step is an approved provider for the NC Board of Nursing. We are approved by the Duke University Employment Assistance Program, which covers employees of the university, the hospitals and all their branches,  to provide all levels of outpatient substance abuse counseling and treatment for employees and their families.

What could happen if someone gets a DWI arrest in NC?      

CARF - Commission for Acccreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

First Step Services, LLC
is Nationally Accredited by the
Commission for Accreditation
of all 3 of our locations.

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Major insurance is accepted by First Step. See the "Payment Options" page for a full list. You will likely be able to use your health insurance to assist in paying for groups or counseling resulting from an NC DWI charge.  If we are not in network with your insurance, inform your carrier that all our locations are CARF accredited programs.

First Step Psychiatrist, Enrique Lopez, M.D., conducts psychiatric evaluations, prescription management and medication follow ups. He provides psychiatric services as well as functioning as our Medical Director. Dr. Lopez has a long history of providing psychiatric services in the Raleigh and Wake County area.

ADETS Program Schedules

Our ADETS Schedules are now posted on the ADETS Schedules page. Please click on the link to view schedules. Feel free to email or call for more information on ADETS.  First Step utilizes the Prime for Life curriculum for our ADETS programs. 

First Step Services of Raleigh
211 E. Six Forks Road, Suite 117
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 833-8899

First Step Services of Durham
3329 Chapel Hill Blvd., Suite 201
Durham, NC 27707
Phone: (919) 419-0229

First Step Services of Garner
136 Hwy 70E, Suite 201
Garner, NC 27529
Phone (919) 329-9400

We are in network with most major insurance companies for our all our Substance Abuse Outpatient Treatment Programs. We do in-house billing for program participants including DWI, school, job and all other referrals. See our "Payment Options" page for details on other payment methods. At First Step, you will probably only need to pay your co-pays and deductibles, even for legal or other referrals.

If you come to First Step for a DWI assessment, you can probably use your health insurance to pay for any required DWI counseling, saving you significant money compared to agencies that don't accept insurance. We are most likely the only company in our geographic area authorized for DWI Services that accepts insurance.


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