There is no shame in asking for help. Especially when it comes to recovering from an addiction. For New Jersey residents dealing with a substance abuse addiction or mental health concern, help is never far away. The state has a number of exceptional addiction recovery centers offering both outpatient and temporary sober living facilities.
Best of New Jersey has put together a list of over 20 of NJ’s Best Addiction Recovery Centers. These are safe spaces where anyone battling alcohol, drug, or dual diagnosis mental health issues can find expert care. (Dual diagnosis is the combination of an addiction and mental health issue.) Every center is different, but they all offer treatment plans that include therapy, counseling, and post-treatment assistance.
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North Jersey
Featured From Bergen County:
Valley Spring Recovery Center
Where: 830 Broadway, Norwood
Details: Valley Spring Recovery Center offers comprehensive treatment services for mental health and substance abuse. Their fully-licensed staff includes psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and licensed social workers. The team’s expertise and compassion helps patients heal and bring families back together. Valley Spring focuses on treating the whole person, not just the symptoms. They do so through family therapy, wraparound mental health services, as well as individual and group therapy. Residents of New Jersey and New York can benefit from either in-person or Telehealth Virtual Outpatient services. Their upscale treatment center also provides a comfortable, amenity-rich environment where individuals can safely overcome the challenges of addiction. This includes a sister sober living facility with large backyards, private bathrooms with clawfoot tubs, and access to exercise equipment.
Why I Like it: Valley Spring’s comprehensive patient care provides an affordable option for the community with world class care.
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Absolute Awakenings Treatment Center
Where: Morris Plains
Details: Absolute Awakenings specializes in drug, alcohol, mental health, and dual diagnosis rehabilitation. Their overall approach to wellness focuses on treating individuals physically, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. They offer detox placement by partnering with vetted, top-rated detox centers around NJ. In addition, they provide residential inpatient and partial hospitalization services, outpatient programs, and lifetime aftercare and alumni programs.
Alina Lodge
Where: Blairstown
Details: Alina Lodge provides a safe, healing environment for substance abuse and addiction recovery. Their 28-day Rehab Program gives individuals the tools they need to start their journey towards sobriety. Despite the name, the actual length of the program is tailored to each individual to maximize their success. Alina is also home to one of the state’s leading detox centers. Other services include a residential treatment program, and chronic relapse treatment.
Avatar Residential Detox Center
Where: Ringwood
Details: Avatar assists guests by offering flexible day programs, detoxification, residential inpatient services, medication-assisted treatment, and more. Each program is customized to the needs of every guest, including 30, 60, and 90+ day programs. They specialize in the treatment of alcohol, prescription drugs, opioids, and benzodiazepine. Their detox center also focuses on expertly treating Oxycontin, meth, cocaine, methadone, and marijuana addiction.
BlueCrest Recovery Center
Where: Woodland Park
Details: BlueCrest takes a unique approach to rehabilitation which combines evidence-based research and their own 12-step principles guide. Their diverse, therapeutic approach to treatment includes yoga and meditation sessions, life skills training, and didactic therapy groups. BlueCrest divides their treatments into clinical, spiritual, and holistic approaches. When combined, these services provide everything from sober living and aftercare to relapse prevention.
Garden State Treatment Center
Where: Sparta
Details: Garden State Treatment Center provides levels of care for every step on the road to recovery. This includes drug and alcohol detox, a partial care program, a 12-step program, outpatient, alumni recovery, and more. Something that sets them apart from other facilities is their Evening Intensive Outpatient Program. This allows an individual seeking care to continue going to work or school while receiving treatment at night. The goal of this program is to provide care without disrupting daily life.
North Jersey Recovery Center
Where: Fair Lawn
Details: “Hope Starts Here” at North Jersey Recovery Center. The luxury rehab and recovery facility provides treatment services for many common substances. This includes alcohol, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, opioids, and prescriptions drugs. They have flexible options such as evening outpatient programs, intervention, partial care, and therapy programs. The facility also accommodates affordable sober living housing and relapse prevention services.
Rolling Hills Recovery Center
Where: Chester
Details: RHRC excels at same day admissions so guests can begin receiving the treatment they need right away. The facility takes a unique approach to therapy, with programs that incorporate music, Reiki, art, yoga, massage, and equine. The latter allows guests to interact with horses to improve their mental health and combat depression, anxiety, and developmental issues. When it comes to addiction recovery, they provide customized, individual treatment plans for each guest.
The Lennard Clinic
Where: Newark
Details: The Lennard Clinic solely focuses on treating opioid dependent adults in Essex, Union, and the surrounding counties. They have certifications from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services and Commission of Accreditation for Rehabilitation Facilities. Additionally, they are licensed by the New Jersey Department of Human Services. They specialize in medication-assisted treatments and behavioral therapy to aid in the recovery of opioid addiction.
Central Jersey
Footprints to Recovery
Where: Hamilton Township
Details: Footprints to Recovery combines counseling and therapy with evidence-based treatment to help guests reach sobriety. Some of their more unique therapy options include Sand Tray therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. They also offer holistic services such as Tai Chi, yoga, neurofeedback, and Biosound Therapy. More traditional detox, partial hospitalization, and outpatient programs are available as well.
Serenity at Summit
Where: Union
Details: Serenity at Summit has facilities in New England and New Jersey, providing comprehensive addiction recovery services. This includes medical detox, medication-assisted treatment, acute treatment, and family programs. They believe family is essential to effective treatment, so their addiction recovery experts encourage families to participate in the process. Their Union location provides inpatient rehabilitation, holistic therapies, and traditional addiction treatment services.
Soba New Jersey
Where: New Brunswick
Details: No, this is not a noodle shop. Soba New Jersey is a premier drug and alcohol rehab facility. They break up addiction recovery into three phases. The first is the detoxification process. After that, they provide intensive residential treatment. Finally, phase three is when guests re-enter society with lifetime post-treatment assistance at their disposal. Soba offers short and long-term residential options, outpatient programs, sober living, telehealth services, and more.
We Level Up
Where: Lawrenceville
Details: We Level Up is a nationwide treatment network of inpatient addiction, detox, and mental health facilities. Their New Jersey location offers medical detox, customized dual diagnosis treatment plans, and complementary alumni and family programs. Their traditional treatment options include therapy programs like Biofeedback, CBT, and EMDR, and addiction rehab programs for numerous substances. They also have intervention services and a partial hospitalization program.
Jersey Shore
Boca Recovery Center
Where: Galloway | Ventnor City
Details: Boca Recovery Center is named after its first location, which opened in Boca Raton, Florida. They have since expanded to Indiana and New Jersey, providing addiction recovery through medical detox, therapy, and flexible-term rehab. Their services include partial hospitalization — with up to 30 hours of treatment per week — and intensive outpatient programs. Medication-assisted treatment is also available, including Antabuse for alcohol recovery.
Discovery Institute
Where: Marlboro
Details: Discovery Institute is one of New Jersey’s oldest rehabilitation programs. Their well-regarded residential treatment programs are customized for young adults, adults, and seniors. This is especially important because 1 in 7 young adults now struggle with substance abuse issues. Their programs cover everything from initial detox, to treatment, counseling and therapy, and finally to post-recovery vocational services. Those not ready to commit to treatment can start with telehealth counseling.
South Jersey
Legacy Healing Center
Where: Cherry Hill
Details: Besides traditional addiction recovery services, Legacy Healing stands out for offering individualized care and programs for First Responders. Their staff aids these individuals in navigating unique circumstances such as anxiety, drinking culture, and difficulty asking for help. They also tackle complex topics like guilt about breaking public trust and work-related traumatic events. Their comprehensive detox program also treats addictions to amphetamines and ecstasy.
Editor’s Note: This list of “The Best Addiction Recovery Centers in New Jersey” previously include Lifetime Recovery Center in the South Jersey section our list. We initially believed Lifetime Recovery Center was a new business that opened in 2023. However, we were recently made aware that Lifetime Recovery Center is actually the alternative name of Kingsway Recovery LLC under its original ownership, and not a separate business taking over the same location. The owners of Kingsway Recovery LLC are currently under investigation for billing irregularities, questionable treatment services, and suspicious banking activity. (Details of this investigation can be found on NJ.gov.) Pending the resolution of this investigation, we have removed Lifetime Recovery Center from this feature.
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Addiction Recovery Center FAQs
The primary types of addiction recovery centers are inpatient, outpatient, detox, and sober living apartments (aka halfway houses). But NJ’s best facilities offer a mix of telehealth, intensive outpatient, sober living, medication-assisted treatment, and therapy services.
NJ’s top treatment facilities offer a variety of treatment services. This includes group therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, 12-step programs, holistic treatments, partial hospitalization, and chronic relapse treatment. Valley Spring Recovery Center in Norwood provides upscale treatment services with numerous modern amenities.
In general, most insurances cover some form of addiction treatment. But coverage will vary based on factors such as length of stay, type of treatment, and other considerations. NJ’s Best Addiction Treatment Centers work with most major insurance providers to reduce the financial burden of treatment.
NJ’s Best Addiction Recovery Centers provide comprehensive aftercare services. This includes post-recovery vocational services, alumni programs, lifetime counseling, and more.
Yes, the state of New Jersey and some non-profit organizations offer financial assistance for addiction recovery. The Affordable Car Act and SAMHSA are two resources for treatment-related financial aid.
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