Find Addiction Treatment That Fits Your Life

What rehab.help Is, and What It Isn’t

rehab.help is an independent, plain-language guide to finding drug and alcohol treatment in the United States. At its center is a finder built from SAMHSA’s FindTreatment.gov, the federal government’s directory of licensed substance use treatment facilities.

A few things make it different from most rehab websites:

• No paid listings. No facility pays to appear, to rank higher or to get a bigger box. Results are sorted by distance and filtered only by what you choose.
• Not a referral service or call center. There’s no hotline here that routes you to a “partner” rehab. Every phone number in a listing is the facility’s own number from SAMHSA’s records.
• Only what the record says. Listings show the services, payment options and programs a facility reported to SAMHSA. There are no star ratings or success claims, because no official source publishes them.
• Official sources for everything else. The guides draw on SAMHSA, NIDA, NIAAA, the CDC, the FDA and state health agencies, and each page lists its sources.

You can read exactly how listings are gathered and updated on the how listings work page.

Searching for Rehab Near Me: Where to Start

If you’ve been searching for rehab near me at 2 a.m., you don’t need to have it all figured out. These steps work whether you’re looking for yourself or someone you love.

1. Call for a free referral. SAMHSA’s National Helpline, 1-800-662-4357, is free, confidential and open 24/7, in English and Spanish. Trained specialists refer you to local treatment, support groups and, if you don’t have insurance, your state’s funded programs. You can also text your ZIP code to 435748.
2. Get an assessment. FindTreatment.gov says everyone entering treatment gets a clinical assessment to find the type of care that fits. Bring an honest picture of what you use, how much and how often, plus your health conditions and medications.
3. Pick a level of care. The assessment points to one of the options below. The levels of care tool compares them side by side.
4. Sort out payment. Check what your coverage must pay for with the payment checker.
5. Call a few programs. If one can’t see you within 48 hours, FindTreatment.gov says to try another.

One safety rule comes first. NIAAA warns that suddenly stopping after long, heavy drinking can bring dangerous withdrawal, including seizures, and alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal need medical supervision. Don’t quit those alone. Start with a clinician or a detox program.

The Levels of Care, Briefly

Level of care	Where you live	How long it usually lasts	Best fit
Detox	In a hospital, a detox unit or at home with close medical supervision	Several days to a week or more	Getting through withdrawal safely; a first step, not treatment by itself
Outpatient	At home	About two months to a year	People with a stable home, transportation and support
Intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization	At home	Varies by program	More structure than weekly counseling without living on site
Residential and inpatient	On site, 24/7	Days or weeks in a hospital; a few months to a year in residential care	Unstable housing, little support at home, or serious health needs
Medication treatment	At home, with clinic or office visits	Ongoing, as long as it helps	Opioid or alcohol use disorder, alone or with any level above

Outpatient care is the most common level. SAMHSA lists 10,175 facilities that offer outpatient treatment and 5,474 with intensive outpatient programs (October 2026). NIAAA notes that most people with alcohol use disorder start with outpatient counseling and don’t need a residential program.

Paying for Treatment

Money stops too many people from calling. It shouldn’t. FindTreatment.gov says free and low-cost programs exist across the country, many others accept Medicaid or private insurance, and every state has funding to treat people without insurance.

• Private insurance: SAMHSA lists 9,562 facilities that take private insurance (October 2026). The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 requires insurers and group health plans to cover substance use treatment at the same level as medical and surgical care. Call the number on your card and ask for in-network programs. See does insurance cover rehab.
• Medicaid and Medicare: 6,596 facilities accept Medicare. See rehab that takes Medicaid.
• Military coverage: 5,919 facilities take TRICARE, and veterans can also use VA care. See treatment for veterans.
• No insurance: 4,695 facilities offer a sliding fee scale based on income, and 185 charge nothing at all. See free and low-cost rehab and how much rehab costs.

How to Use the Treatment Finder

The treatment finder searches by ZIP code or city and state. Then narrow the results by what decides your choice:

• Payment: Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, sliding fee scale, no charge or self-pay.
• Type of care: detox, residential, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, outpatient or hospital inpatient.
• Medication treatment: methadone clinics, buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone.
• Who it serves: teens, veterans, women, pregnant or postpartum women, older adults and Spanish speakers.

Each listing shows the facility’s address, phone number, services and payment options as reported to SAMHSA, with the date the data was checked. When you call, use the questions in how to choose a rehab to confirm the license and what’s included. Prefer to browse? Every state has its own page with local counts, the state’s addiction agency and its cities.

What Makes Treatment Work

Addiction is treatable. NIDA calls substance use disorders chronic, treatable disorders from which people can recover. Its research points to a few things that matter more than a program’s brochure:

• The right fit. NIDA says no single treatment is right for everyone. Care should match the person’s substances, health, age and life, and the plan should change as needs change.
• Medication when it applies. For opioid use disorder, NIDA says methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone is the standard of care, and the FDA calls these medicines safe and effective. Medication works best combined with counseling, NIDA says. For alcohol use disorder, NIAAA lists three FDA-approved medicines that are non-addictive.
• Enough time. NIDA says most people need at least 3 months in treatment to significantly reduce or stop drug use, and the best outcomes come with longer treatment.
• Staying engaged after a setback. NIDA says recovery often takes more than one episode of care, and a return to use is a sign to restart or adjust treatment, not a failure.
• Treating the whole person. Mental health conditions often come along with substance use, and NIDA says both should be treated together.

Detox alone isn’t enough. NIDA says it does little to change long-term drug use unless treatment follows, so plan the next step before detox ends.

Choosing a Program You Can Trust

The rehab industry has a real problem with paid referrals. New York’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports warns about patient brokers, who are paid by out-of-state treatment providers for sending them patients, and says that care is often more expensive and lower quality than care closer to home. The FTC warns that the first few search results for treatment may be paid ads, and that a phone number in search results may not belong to the business it seems to.

A few habits protect you:

• Start from neutral sources, like the finder here, FindTreatment.gov or SAMHSA’s National Helpline. None of them are paid when you enroll.
• Check the license with your state agency, and ask who accredits the program.
• Be wary of free travel, housing or cash offered to get you into a faraway program. A legitimate program doesn’t need to pay you to come.
• Ask what happens after discharge. Good programs plan for outpatient care, medication and recovery support once the stay ends.

The full checklist, with every state’s license lookup, is in how to choose a rehab.

If You’re Worried About Someone Else

Families often do the first search. The guide to helping someone with an addiction covers what to say, why confrontation tends to backfire, and how to look after yourself. Signs of addiction explains what to watch for, and what to expect in rehab walks through the first days.

If opioids are involved, keep naloxone at home. It reverses an opioid overdose and is sold without a prescription.

Help Right Now

• Medical emergency or overdose: call 911.
• Emotional crisis or thoughts of suicide: call or text 988. The 988 Lifeline is free, confidential and open 24/7, including for drug and alcohol concerns.
• Treatment referral: SAMHSA’s National Helpline, 1-800-662-4357, any time of day.