Drug rehab is a live-in program of 30, 60 or 90 days where you stop using, get through withdrawal with medical care, and do the daily work of treatment away from the people and places tied to using. We treat opioids, including fentanyl and prescription painkillers, cocaine and meth, benzodiazepines and other drugs, and the alcohol that goes with them.
Admissions verifies your insurance on the first call and tells you what your plan covers before you arrive.
Who is drug rehab for?
If using has taken over your days, you have tried to stop and cannot, or home makes staying clean hard, live-in rehab is the right step.
You do not have to hit a particular low first. You use every day to feel normal, or you relapsed after a program that did not last, or you are holding down a job while it quietly gets worse. Any of those is enough. Many calls come from a parent, partner or adult child, and that is a good place to start too.
Live-in rehab fits best when you need distance and structure at the same time. If you have a stable home and people around you who are sober, our intensive outpatient program is the lighter option, and admissions tells you plainly which one suits you.
Which drugs do we treat in rehab?
We treat addiction to opioids, stimulants, benzodiazepines, alcohol and most other drugs, including more than one at a time.
- Opioids: heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone and other painkillers
- Stimulants: cocaine, crack and methamphetamine
- Benzodiazepines: Xanax, Klonopin, Valium and Ativan
- Alcohol, alone or alongside any of the above
Using more than one substance is common, and your plan covers all of them at once. You do not need a separate program for each.
What happens in rehab for drug addiction?
Rehab runs in three stages: medical detox, the live-in stay, and a planned step down to lighter care at home.
Stage 1, detox. If your body depends on a drug, rehab starts with medically supervised drug detox. A nurse checks on you day and night and your prescriber adjusts withdrawal medication to how you are doing. Detox runs a few days to a couple of weeks depending on the drug.
Stage 2, the live-in stay. You live on site with staff around the clock and follow a set daily schedule. Mornings open with a check-in group and a main therapy group. Through the week you have individual sessions with your therapist and groups on relapse prevention, trauma and family. Evenings include peer support and downtime to rest.
Stage 3, stepping down. When the stay ends, you move to a partial hospitalization program, intensive outpatient or standard outpatient with the same team, so the work you started keeps going.
How long is rehab for drugs?
Thirty, sixty or ninety days, set by how long and how heavily you have been using and how you respond.
Thirty days suits you if you have a stable home to return to and this is your first time in treatment. Sixty or ninety days gives you more time if you have used for years, relapsed before, or have a mental health condition to treat alongside the addiction.
Your therapist sets your track at the clinical assessment, using the ASAM criteria, and reviews it every week in your treatment plan. If you need more time, the team extends it. If you are ready to step down sooner, it moves you on.
Who treats you during drug treatment?
A licensed team of nurses, a prescriber, therapists and a case manager, working from one plan.
Nurses give your medication and check on you day and night. Your prescriber eases withdrawal and adjusts any medication for cravings. A licensed therapist leads your individual sessions and groups. A case manager takes the outside world off your plate: your employer, leave paperwork and the plan for when you go home.
Because the same team runs detox, the stay and the step down, nobody has to learn your story twice.
What therapies and medications treat drug addiction?
Cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, trauma-focused therapy and family sessions, with medication when your prescriber decides it fits.
Treatment that pairs counseling with medication is the standard, as MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine’s guide to drug use and addiction, sets out. Cognitive behavioral therapy works on the thoughts and situations that lead to using. Dialectical behavior therapy builds skills for handling strong emotions without reaching for a drug. Motivational interviewing helps you find your own reasons to stay stopped. Trauma-focused work treats what sits underneath.
For opioid addiction, medication-assisted treatment with buprenorphine or extended-release naltrexone cuts cravings and protects you in the months after rehab. Your prescriber decides with you whether it fits.
Do we treat depression and anxiety in drug rehab?
Yes. A psychiatric assessment is part of admission, and the same team treats any mental health condition alongside the addiction.
Depression, anxiety, PTSD and bipolar disorder sit underneath a lot of drug use, and treating only the drug leaves the reason for it in place. Psychiatric care and medication management run every day of your stay. Our dual diagnosis treatment page covers this in full.
Does insurance cover drug rehab?
Yes. Most major plans, including Cigna, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield, cover drug rehab for a set number of days, then renew coverage based on your progress.
What you pay depends on your deductible, whether we are in network with your insurer, and your share after that. Admissions checks your benefits for free on the first call and tells you the number before you commit.
Insurers authorize rehab by the length of stay, so the days your plan approves matter as much as whether it covers rehab at all. We file that paperwork, including the requests to extend your stay, so your treatment is not interrupted.
Can you go to drug rehab without insurance?
Yes. Admissions sets out self-pay options on the first call, with the cost for each level of care.
If your plan is out of network, we tell you what that means in dollars before you decide. Starting at a lower level of care and stepping up if you need it is one way to keep the cost down, and admissions walks you through it.
What if you want to leave drug rehab early?
You can leave at any time, because rehab here is voluntary.
What we ask is that you talk to your therapist first. The urge to leave arrives on a hard day, most of all in the first week, and a conversation then is what keeps most stays on track. If you do leave, your case manager sets you up with outpatient care so you are not walking out with nothing.
What happens after drug rehab?
You step down to outpatient care with the same team, leave with a written relapse-prevention plan, and keep a place in our alumni program.
Discharge planning starts in your first week, not your last, and our alumni coordinator stays in touch after you go home. Before you go home, your case manager has your outpatient schedule booked, any medication in place, and sober housing arranged if home is not the right place yet. Family sessions through your stay prepare the people at home for your return.
How soon can you start drug rehab?
If you need detox, the same day you call when a bed is open. A live-in bed for rehab follows straight after detox, with no wait in between.
Admissions runs the intake assessment on the phone, verifies your insurance and gives you an admission date before you hang up. If you are travelling in, we help plan the trip so you arrive straight into care.
How do you get someone into rehab for drugs?
Call admissions and we plan it with you, from the conversation to a confirmed bed and admission date.
If the person refuses help, our intervention services plan the conversation and hold a bed so we admit them the same day they say yes. You do not have to work out what to say on your own.
How do you start drug rehab today?
Call admissions now. We verify your insurance on the call and tell you what is covered, what is open this week and which program you qualify for. If you need detox first and a bed is open, we admit you the same day.
