Surrounded by the vast, mystical Sonoran desert and sunset-painted hills, Tucson is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. People travel from all over the world to bask in the majestic desert sun here; many would say they find it healing.

Sadly, this gorgeous location is also situated in what’s considered a High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, and the state of Arizona has one of the highest rates in the country for drug abuse. Here’s the good news: if you’ve been living with a drug or alcohol addiction and are ready to start walking on the road to recovery once and for all, there is an abundance of excellent rehab facilities in Tucson that are ready to walk that road with you.

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Best Rehab Centers in Tucson

Buena Vista Health and Recovery Centers

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Inpatient, Detox, Partial Hospitalization
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Medically Assisted Treatments, Professional Patients
Cash Price:
$$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

This comprehensive addiction treatment center has three locations throughout the state of Arizona, offering services on a complete continuum of care from detox and inpatient to various outpatient options. The counselors employed here are masters-level therapists, and clients see a lot of them - their programs include one session of individual therapy every day, which is unusually generous for any treatment program. The staff at Buena Vista also offers case management services, which can be a great help in navigating the rest of your life while you focus on your recovery.

Their state-of-the-art campus in Tucson is modern and beautifully decorated, and each resident gets a private room. They also have Netflix and Direct TV available on their big-screen televisions, which is a small but appreciated luxury when you’re in rehab. Best of all, their treatment program boasts an impressive 2:1 staff-to-client ratio, which guarantees that you’ll receive individualized attention if you decide to go through treatment here.

Behavioral Awareness Center

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Methadone Clinic
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Medically Assisted Treatments, Suboxone Clinic, Methadone
Cash Price:
$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment, TriCare, Medicare

Some people prefer to go the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) route when walking away from addiction, especially when they’re struggling with an addiction to opioids like heroin or painkillers. Behavioral Awareness Center offers the best methadone clinic in Tucson; here, you can get methadone in both liquid and tablet forms, as well as Suboxone.

Walk-in patients are welcome here, which is rare as far as methadone clinics go. Even rarer, this clinic operates on a harm reduction model, which means you won’t get kicked out of the program automatically for relapsing (although, of course, your counselor will help you get back on track). The staff is as dedicated to helping people with their mental health as they are to delivering MAT, and there is no extra charge if you decide you’d like to see a counselor more often than is required.

Community Medical Services

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Methadone Clinic
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Medically Assisted Treatments, Vivitrol Clinic, Suboxone Clinic, Opioids, Methadone
Cash Price:
$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Payment, Government Insurance

Community Medical Services runs a nation-wide network of methadone clinics with over a dozen locations in the state of Arizona alone. Like most of their other clinics, at the Tucson location patients can get safe access to methadone, Suboxone, and Vivitrol to help curb opioid cravings and start living an addiction-free life.

Community Medical Services’ reputation precedes them; all of their programs deliver the gold standard of care in MAT. They even have specialized services for specific populations, including programs for pregnant women in which the staff will work with your OB-GYN to ensure that your addiction treatment won’t cause any health risks.

The Haven

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Inpatient
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Native American Patients
Cash Price:
$$
Genders Treated:
Female
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment, Medicaid, Government Insurance

This comprehensive addiction treatment program is a non-profit organization that’s dedicated to helping women with children. On top of their inpatient program, they provide women with court assistance (in cases with Child Protective Services, for example) because they understand that it’s hard to focus on your recovery when you have those kinds of legal issues hanging over your head. The Haven also offers a 12-week IOP for women who choose not to enter into residential treatment.

Perhaps most impressively, they have a program called “Native Way” that’s specially designed for Native American women. There is a full-time Native American therapist who works with this program, and you can live in a separate, culturally supportive community with other Native women. If you’re a woman with young children and you’re trying to live a life that’s free of drugs and alcohol, consider going through treatment at The Haven.

Sabino Recovery

Treatment Type:
Luxury Inpatient
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis
Cash Price:
$$$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

If you’re looking for five-star addiction recovery treatment in the Tucson area, look no further than Sabino Recovery. This inpatient rehab center focuses on traumatic experiences as a root cause of addiction, and their treatment methods reflect that: they specialize in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Experiencing, and Adlerian therapy techniques to help people process and heal from the past.

This quality care is provided in one of the most luxurious facilities out there; it’s located on 110 beautiful and serene acres in the Sabino Canyon, and the views all around the rehab are breathtaking. They have both single private suites and double rooms available depending on your needs, and their amenities include an equestrian center and a refreshing pool.

Etano Center

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Detox, Methadone Clinic
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Medically Assisted Treatments, Vivitrol Clinic, Suboxone Clinic, Opioids, Methadone
Cash Price:
$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment, TriCare

The Etano Center is one of the most affordable private addiction treatment centers in Tucson. They offer outpatient detox services and outpatient individual therapy, but what the Etano Center is best known for is for being one of the best MAT clinics in the area. They supply patients with affordable methadone, Suboxone, or Vivitrol.

Even if you’re from out of town, the medical staff here can provide you with guest dosing for only $20 a day; just make sure to bring the appropriate paperwork. The Etano Center can also help you with DUI revocation if you’re ready to commit to your recovery and leave the mistakes of the past in the past.

Sierra Tucson

Treatment Type:
Intensive Outpatient, Luxury Inpatient, Partial Hospitalization
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Eating Disorders, Dual Diagnosis, Military Patients, Healthcare Professionals
Cash Price:
$$$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

If you’re looking for luxury, then you’ll find it at Sierra Tucson, one of the most well-known addiction rehabs in the area. It’s located in the magnificent Arizona desert with impressive views of the Santa Catalina Mountains right outside its front door. Some of the amenities that are on offer here include a pool, a gym, and sports courts, which are pretty standard at this level of luxury; on top of that, though, they also have a salon, a labyrinth, therapy dogs, and even a rock-climbing wall.

The most impressive thing about this rehab, however, is that they don’t stop at offering luxury. It’s clear that they’re seriously dedicated to providing the top level of care to as wide of a population as possible. They offer a unique chronic pain program, understanding that living with chronic pain can lead to addiction and other maladaptive coping behaviors. Some other specialized programs offered are a military support program, their Chrysalis program for wrap-around mental health support, and a special program for healthcare professionals that you'll only find here.

Believe Recovery Services

Treatment Type:
Sober Living
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Faith-Based
Cash Price:
$$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Payment

Believe Recovery Services runs the best halfway homes, or sober living facilities, in Tucson. Their transitional living program lasts for 90 days, and focuses on teaching residents life skills that they’ll be able to apply even after they leave the homes. Believe’s homes are separated by gender; there are two homes for women and one for men.

The activities available to residents are very family- and faith-oriented. For example, there is a family potluck once a month, when the residents’ children can visit the homes to spend some time with their parents. Residents also get to attend fun family-oriented events, like camping trips. The homes have Christian faith-based support, like Bible study, available to their residents of faith. It’s clear that Believe offers its residents a lot more than just a place to sleep.

Burning Tree West

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Sober Living
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis
Cash Price:
$$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Young Adults (18+)
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 have unique developmental challenges; they’re transitioning between adolescence and adulthood and becoming self-sufficient. Having to fight addiction at the same time can make life unbearably difficult. Luckily for young adults in Tucson, there are specialized services for this specific age group available to them at Burning Tree West.

This program, based on a successful 20-year residential program in Texas, helps collegiate young adults overcome their addiction and meet their potential in life. One of the most important parts of their philosophy is the importance of education, so they’ve designed flexible programs that allow young adults to continue going to school while they attend treatment. Young people going through their IOP can choose to live in their transitional living facility for extra support.

Zen Institute

Treatment Type:
Intensive Outpatient
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis
Cash Price:
$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

We like to think of the Zen Institute as a private counseling center with a twist. The center was founded by a woman from Taiwan who specializes in teaching Taoism and something called “inner twin work” - a method she created herself - which she defines as the process of “connecting to the powerful part of yourself”. This makes it an excellent option for people who are interested in an Eastern or alternative approach to addiction recovery.

For those who aren’t quite convinced, don’t fret; the Zen Institute also employs more traditional evidence-based practices like EMDR, CBT, and DBT. Their IOP is designed for people with both substance use disorder and mental health disorders, making it a fantastic choice of treatment for people suffering from co-occurring disorders.

Best of all, the program uses a half-group, half-individual treatment model, which is a refreshing change from many IOPs (which mainly offer group therapy as a majority of their treatment model). If you’re still not convinced and would like a more traditional approach to treatment, you might find the IOP at In Balance Counseling more appealing.

In Balance Counseling

Treatment Type:
Intensive Outpatient
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis
Cash Price:
$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

This counseling center hosts an IOP for addiction, which is great for people who don’t have the time or the choice to stop working in order to enter residential treatment. The program consists of groups who meet three hours a day, three days a week—a schedule that makes it easy to attend treatment even if you have other responsibilities. The groups employ traditional talk therapy techniques, but also offer recreational therapy like yoga, hiking, and art.

Abstinence is an important value in this program, and clients get drug tested to ensure that they’re staying clean. However, you won’t get kicked out immediately if your drug test comes back positive; the staff will have an individual meeting with you to work together to figure out what you need in order to maintain your sobriety.

Circle Tree Ranch

Treatment Type:
Inpatient
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis
Cash Price:
$$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

This gorgeous rehab facility sits on 60 acres in the Tanque Verde Valley, surrounded by the kind of majestic desert and mountain landscape that people from all over the world travel to Arizona to see. The beautiful ranch was built in 1929, and it was also used as a boarding school before becoming the rehab center it is today. There is only an inpatient option for care here, and people can stay from 90 days all the way up to 14 months or longer, depending on what their needs are.

Circle Tree Ranch is associated with the Amity Foundation, which is a reputable China-based charity with programs all over California and Arizona helping people overcome their addictions. Their curriculum is culturally inclusive, and residents who go through the program at Circle Tree study topics like emotional literacy, family dynamics, prejudice, and moral development to recover from addiction and start living a healthy and fulfilling life. Perhaps the most unique feature of this rehab, though, is that residents can bring their children with them if they’re planning on staying in treatment long-term.

Desert Milagros

Treatment Type:
Intensive Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization
Specialization:
Eating Disorders, Dual Diagnosis
Cash Price:
$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults, Teens
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

People suffering from chemical dependence aren’t the only people who benefit from a rehab facility; people with eating disorders also often need intensive care in order to recover. Desert Milagros is, without question, the best eating disorder treatment center in the Tucson area, and perhaps in the state. They focus on the intersection of eating disorders and trauma, and have programs for both adults and teens.

Although Desert Milagros doesn’t have an inpatient facility, their outpatient programs are impressively intensive: their partial hospitalization program requires 30 hours per week of treatment. On top of individual and group therapy offered by masters-level therapists, they also have a specialized nutrition group that helps clients learn healthy and mindful eating skills. The group even goes out into the world together to learn how to grocery shop and eat at restaurants in a healthy way.

Exodus Community Services

Treatment Type:
Sober Living
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse
Cash Price:
$ - $$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Payment

Exodus Community Services offers an excellent, affordable option for sober living in the Tucson area for people who have already gone through more structured treatment and just need a supportive place to live as they transition back into their daily lives.

Their 6 homes are separated by gender; female residents can rest assured that the addresses of the women’s homes are never published. Although they don’t publish their exact prices, they do claim that most of their residents rely on them for basic living necessities, including food and clothing; talk to them if you’re finding yourself without many financial resources.

Some of the most important values at Exodus are self-sufficiency and service. They require that all of their residents get a job so that they can learn how to be self-sufficient, and everyone also helps out with set-up and tear-down of all house meetings. All residents must also attend at least four 12-step meetings per week, and engage in one hour of any spiritual activity of their choosing.

Although these homes focus on spirituality as a value, they don’t have a specific Christian focus; if you’re looking for Christian faith-based sober living, check out Believe Recovery Services.

Cottonwood Tucson

Treatment Type:
Intensive Outpatient, Inpatient, Detox, Partial Hospitalization
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Eating Disorders, Dual Diagnosis, Video Games, Sex Addictions, Behavioral Addiction, Gambling Addiction, Spending
Cash Price:
$$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

Cottonwood is located in the middle of the majestic desert landscape that Tucson is so famous for. People entering into addiction treatment here will have the luxury of a facility that sits on 35 serene and secluded acres in the Sonoran desert, with the special quietness that can only be found in rural areas like this one. Their therapeutic offerings are perfectly in line with the desert theme, with equine therapy and rocks and ropes courses; of course, they also use more traditional methods for substance use and co-occurring disorders like anger management classes and CBT.

If all you’re looking for is to detox in a safe, comfortable, and beautiful setting, Cottonwood offers their detox services as a stand-alone option, which isn’t always the case with all rehabs. Their detox facility, which holds 8 beds for clients looking for this service, uses “acudetox”, or acupuncture to help detoxify the body from harmful drugs and alcohol. This is, without question, the best place to detox in style in the Tucson area.

The River Source

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Luxury Inpatient, Detox
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Medically Assisted Treatments
Cash Price:
$$$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

This luxury rehab center has multiple locations throughout the state of Arizona. Between those locations there is an entire continuum of care available, including inpatient and outpatient care. They have a unique 120-day path to sobriety; four months may seem like a long time, but the investment in being able to live the rest of your life drug-free is priceless.

At their location in Tucson, The River Source only offers a 5-10 day detox program. Detoxing here is as unique and luxurious of an experience as attending residential treatment in their other locations; they combine Western evidence-based treatments with naturopathic methods, and have unique offerings like acupuncture and a dry sauna to make your detox experience as pain-free as possible.

Recovery in Motion

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis
Cash Price:
$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment, TriCare

This outpatient rehab is one of the most affordable options on our list. Recovery in Motion was founded by a Vietnam veteran who successfully recovered from heroin addiction, and he and his organization are clearly dedicated to helping others recover from their own addictions, too. They don’t offer an inpatient option, but they do have an IOP that’s more intensive than standard outpatient care.

On top of group and individual therapy, this rehab center also offers anger management and life skills classes, and the staff tries to involve your family as much as possible in your treatment. They are committed to making treatment as affordable for as many people as possible; they accept a wide range of insurance (including Tricare insurance for military members) and can work with your Employee Assistance Program to help cover some of the cost of treatment.

Sonora Behavioral Health

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Detox
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Dual Diagnosis
Cash Price:
$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults, Teens (12-17)
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

If you’re struggling with co-occurring mental illness just as much as you are with your addiction, then the best option on this list for you is this outpatient rehab that’s attached to a renowned inpatient psychiatric hospital. The staff here has so much experience in helping people recover from and manage the symptoms of mental health disorders, and you can count on them for expertise and skill in treating dual diagnosis conditions.

Although they do have inpatient psychiatric care for mental health conditions, their addiction medicine services are offered on an outpatient basis through a group-based IOP. There is, however, inpatient care available for medically supervised detox for both teens and adults. Teens can also receive age-appropriate outpatient services to treat their addiction, and there is inpatient mental health care available for children starting at the age of 5.

Turn Your Life Around

Treatment Type:
Outpatient
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Domestic Violence, Homeless Patients
Cash Price:
$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Contact for more information

Turn Your Life Around, or TYLA, is a unique option for addiction rehab in that their main commitment is to eradicating homelessness in the Tucson area; this also, however, makes it an excellent choice for those who might be facing homeless or financial difficulties as a result of their addiction. Their outpatient curriculum to help people recover from addiction lasts from 12 to 24 weeks, and they also offer classes to help with learning other skills like parenting and anger management.

If you’ve been mandated to attend substance abuse treatment because of a run-in with the law, TYLA may have what you’re looking for. There are DUI screenings available here, as well as classes using the state-required DUI curriculum for those who are required to go through that. There’s also a specialized program for those who are facing a domestic violence misdemeanor charge. All in all, if you want to leave behind all of the problems that addiction has brought into your life, TYLA may be able to help.

Desert Star Addiction Recovery Center

Treatment Type:
Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization
Specialization:
Substance Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Eating Disorders, Dual Diagnosis, Sex Addictions
Cash Price:
$$$
Genders Treated:
All
Ages Treated:
Adults
Payment Accepted:
Private Health Insurance, Private Payment

This outpatient rehab places a heavy focus on co-occurring disorders to attend to each client as a whole person rather than narrowing in on only their addictions. Their programs are placed on a continuum of care, with their most intensive option being their partial hospitalization program, which asks for a commitment of 21 to 30 treatment hours per week. Of course, there are less intensive options available for those who don’t need a full day treatment program, and they can help you figure out which option may be right for you.

On top of drug and alcohol addiction, the licensed therapists here can help you with sex addiction and even eating disorders, along with a wide array of other co-occurring mental health disorders. They even have meal planning and nutritional evaluations available for those who are suffering from disordered eating.This isn’t a specialized eating disorder clinic, though: if you’re looking for eating disorder treatment specifically, Desert Milagros is likely the best rehab for you.

About the Author

Saya Des Marais, MSW
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Saya Des Marais, MSW

Saya is a mental health content writer with over a decade of experience working as a mental health professional. She's trained in practices like EMDR and Motivational Interviewing, and worked with people battling addiction and co-occurring disorders in her former life as a clinical social worker. Addiction is also a personal matter to her - many people very dear to her are in recovery. The most important thing to her as a writer is creating mental health content that is helpful, and not confusing - the last thing you need when you're trying to beat mental illness or addiction is bad information.

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