Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment in Charleston, SC

Hope Integrative Medicine treats alcohol use disorder for adults in Charleston and across Charleston County with medication-assisted treatment (MAT), counseling and regular follow-up. Visits can be by secure video from home, and in-person visits, including Vivitrol injections, are at our West Ashley office in Charleston.

How Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Works

Care starts with a full evaluation, and treatment combines medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with counseling and regular follow-up. There is no single right medication for everyone. Your provider walks you through the options, and together you choose the treatment that fits your health, your goals and your other medicines, based on shared decision-making and a careful look at the risks and benefits of each option. Whether withdrawal can be managed safely as an outpatient is decided at your evaluation. When the risk of severe withdrawal is high, we help arrange a higher level of care. Stopping heavy daily drinking suddenly can cause seizures or delirium tremens, which can be fatal. Talk to a clinician before stopping, and call 911 for confusion, hallucinations or a seizure. Read our full guide to alcohol use disorder treatment in South Carolina.

Health and Care in Charleston

Charleston is a college city, home to the College of Charleston, with more than 11,000 students, and The Citadel. (Source: charleston.edu)

Joint Base Lindsey Graham, renamed from Joint Base Charleston in August 2026, supports more than 90,000 service members, civilians, family members and retirees. (Source: wach.com)

In the 2020 Census, about 33,600 of the City of Charleston's 150,227 residents lived on the historic downtown peninsula. (Source: charleston-sc.gov)

An estimated 22.9 percent of adults in Charleston report binge drinking, compared with 21.4 percent across Charleston County.

An estimated 28.5 percent of adults in Charleston have been told they have high blood pressure, compared with 32.3 percent across Charleston County.

An estimated 13.6 percent of adults in Charleston rate their health as fair or poor, compared with 15.4 percent across Charleston County.

An estimated 30.3 percent of adults in Charleston report loneliness, compared with 29.8 percent across Charleston County.

Sources: CDC PLACES, 2025 release (model-based estimates from 2022 and 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data); CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2022 (age-adjusted), via County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025; Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2018 to 2022, via County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, 2025.

Did You Know? Life in Charleston

In 1931 Charleston adopted the first historic preservation ordinance in the United States, creating its Board of Architectural Review. (Source: charleston-sc.gov)

Spoleto Festival USA, founded in 1977, fills Charleston's historic theaters, churches and outdoor spaces for 17 days each spring. (Source: spoletousa.org)

Tourism employed a record 54,900 people across the Charleston region in 2024, many of them in restaurants and hotels. (Source: abcnews4.com)

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