California Long-Term Drug Rehabs

Narconon Ojai is a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program located on a hilltop estate above the Ojai Valley in Southern California. Unlike outpatient counseling where you return home each day, this is a full-time residential setting where people live on site as they work through the program’s structured stages, with the intention of moving from active addiction into a sustained drug-free life.

New Life Community Services is a residential addiction recovery program in Santa Cruz, California that has supported adults, and some families, whose patterns of alcohol or drug use have already begun disrupting work, relationships, housing, or emotional wellbeing. It’s a long-standing nonprofit with more than 50 years of experience providing structured residential care, counseling, and aftercare that helps people rebuild routines that actually hold up outside of treatment.

The Men’s New Life Program is a long-term residential recovery setting for adult men operated by Redwood Gospel Missions in Santa Rosa, California. It’s designed for men whose substance use and other life-controlling patterns have already begun disrupting housing, work, relationships, or stability, and who need more than short-term help. Recovery here is lived in community over time, not handled through brief appointments.

Bakersfield Recovery Services’ Women’s Recovery program, known as Capistrano, is a residential recovery environment in Bakersfield specifically designed to support women whose patterns of alcohol or drug use have begun affecting daily life, relationships, and responsibilities. This isn’t an outpatient clinic you visit for an hour and walk away from. It’s a 24-bed residential setting where women live on site, engaging in structured recovery work while stepping out of the routines that have been tangled up with use.

Ruth’s Haven Teen Girls Center is a residential recovery and healing program for adolescent girls (ages 12–17) operated by Teen Challenge NorWestCal Nevada. It’s designed for girls whose substance use, trauma, exploitation histories, or life-controlling behaviors have begun affecting their safety, schooling, relationships, or daily functioning. The program offers a structured, live-in environment where girls can work through these challenges with consistency, mentoring, and community support.

Elevate Addiction Services, Seascape Recovery Center, in Watsonville, California is a residential substance use recovery community set on a scenic, ranch-style campus not far from Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay where adults whose alcohol or drug use has begun affecting real-life responsibilities such as work, housing, relationships, and stability come for immersive treatment and transformation. Rather than brief outpatient contact, this is a place people live on site for a period of structured recovery work that engages body, mind, and daily routine together.

The Salvation Army Long Beach Adult Rehabilitation Center is a no-cost residential recovery program in Long Beach, California for adults whose substance use and related life-controlling behaviors have already begun affecting housing stability, employment and relationships. It is part of The Salvation Army’s Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) network, which has provided long-term, social-model residential recovery support for more than a century.

Little House Inc. is a long-standing residential recovery program for women in Bellflower, California where adults whose substance use has already begun affecting relationships, housing stability, work, or emotional wellbeing come to live recovery rather than just talk about it. Licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services, this nonprofit creates a supportive, structured residential setting where women can stay typically 60 to 90 days, and sometimes longer depending on need, to work through habits that haven’t been holding up in daily life.

Jericho Project is a structured, long-term residential recovery environment in Brisbane, California where men whose alcohol or drug use has already begun disrupting their lives, in relationships, housing stability, employment, or interactions with the criminal justice system, come to rebuild responsibility, routine, and personal agency. Established in 1995, the program is intentionally immersive and designed to be a minimum one-year commitment because deep change takes consistent effort and time.

The Miracle House is a women-only residential recovery program in Los Angeles, California that provides a live-in setting for women whose alcohol or drug use has begun disrupting daily stability, including relationships, work, housing, or emotional safety. Operated by the Alcoholism Center for Women (ACW), The Miracle House offers a structured environment where recovery is practiced through everyday living rather than limited to scheduled sessions or short-term intervention.

The Los Angeles County Teen Challenge center is part of Teen Challenge of Southern California, a long-standing Christian recovery network that has been active in the region since the early 1960s. Unlike most residential campuses that provide long-term, live-in recovery programs, the Los Angeles County location serves primarily as an outreach and connection hub where adults and families struggling with substance use can find initial support, guidance, and referrals into Teen Challenge’s broader residential network across Southern California.

The Women’s Residential Recovery Program at Santa Barbara Rescue Mission is a long-term, live-in recovery setting for adult women whose substance use has already begun unraveling stability in housing, relationships, work, parenting roles, or personal safety. This is a year-long residential environment, designed for women who need time, consistency, and separation from destabilizing circumstances to rebuild daily life in a sustainable way.

Pine Recovery is a residential treatment program for men operated by Central Valley Recovery Services (CVRS) in downtown Visalia, California. It’s a community-based setting where men whose alcohol or drug use has begun creating real consequences, in work, housing, relationships, or daily functioning, come to stop surviving and start rebuilding in a supportive, structured environment. Rather than a brief outpatient visit, Pine Recovery is a lived experience where daily routines, peer support, and accountability become part of the work of change.

Women’s Recovery Services (WRS) is a licensed residential recovery program for women, including pregnant and parenting women, in Santa Rosa, California whose alcohol or drug use has already begun affecting housing stability, family roles and work. Operating since 1975 as a nonprofit with state licensing, WRS provides a structured, gender-specific residential setting where recovery is lived through daily life, routine, and community support rather than isolated outpatient appointments.

Casa de Milagros is a women’s residential recovery home operated by MAAC Project in San Diego County, designed for women whose substance use has already begun disrupting housing stability, family roles, emotional health, or daily routines. The home provides a live-in, community-based environment where recovery is practiced through shared responsibility, structure, and daily life rather than isolated appointments or short stays.

Interfaith Community Services, Betty and Melvin Cohn Center, offers a continuum of recovery-focused treatment services in North San Diego County for adults whose patterns of alcohol or drug use have already begun affecting daily life, relationships, housing, or stability. Part of a larger nonprofit that has worked locally since 1979, this program sits within a broader Recovery & Wellness Center that helps people stabilize, build new routines, and begin moving forward with meaningful support rather than fragmented appointments.

The Salvation Army Riverside County Adult Rehabilitation Center is a no-cost, residential recovery and life-stabilization program in Perris, California that supports adults whose substance use and life-controlling behaviors have already begun affecting housing stability, work and relationships. It’s part of The Salvation Army’s Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) network, a long-standing residential recovery model that blends structured routine and work-based engagement to help people rebuild their lives.

House of Hope Foundation in San Pedro, California is a women-focused addiction recovery program where adults whose patterns of alcohol or drug use have begun disrupting daily life, relationships, stability, or employment live and work through recovery in a structured residential setting rather than trying to patch change together in isolated appointments. More than six decades old, this nonprofit blends therapeutic support, community connection, and lived routine to help women rebuild in a way that matters inside the world they’re still living in.

Inland Empire Teen Challenge is a long-term, faith-based residential recovery program in Riverside, California, part of Teen Challenge of Southern California. It serves men whose substance use and life-controlling behaviors have already begun affecting housing stability, work, relationships, or daily functioning. Instead of brief outpatient care, this is a multi-phase residential setting where recovery and personal growth are lived through structure, routine, and community support. 

Impact Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center is a residential addiction recovery program in Pasadena, California serving adults whose alcohol or drug use has already begun disrupting housing stability, work, relationships, or daily functioning. Founded in the early 1970s, this center combines a long-standing 12-Step tradition with structured treatment and community support to help people stabilize and begin rebuilding routines that matter outside of clinical settings.

Dream Center is a longstanding faith-based nonprofit in Los Angeles that’s been helping people rebuild when poverty, homelessness, addiction, trauma, or crisis have already begun disrupting life and stability. Founded by pastors Matthew and Tommy Barnett, it has grown into a community-anchored hub offering a wide range of support, from emergency food and clothing to housing, outreach, and recovery-focused programs, all provided free of charge through its main campus and partner network.

Golden Hill House is a women’s residential recovery program located in the Golden Hill neighborhood of San Diego, California, offered through CRASH, Inc., a community organization with decades of local history providing treatment services. It’s a 90- to 120-day residential setting for adult women whose patterns of alcohol or drug use have begun disrupting work, family life, housing stability, or emotional wellbeing. Instead of hourly appointments, women live on site and engage every day in structured recovery work, community routines, and planning for life beyond the program.

The Salvation Army Hope Harbor is a residential recovery and co-occurring disorders treatment facility in Los Angeles, California that supports adults, especially men experiencing homelessness and substance use challenges, whose patterns of use have already begun disrupting daily life and stability. The program offers an extended, live-in environment where recovery work and life skills are practiced through meaningful routine and community support rather than occasional outpatient contact.

New Directions, formerly the Alcohol & Drug Awareness Program, is a long-standing nonprofit residential and outpatient substance use treatment program in Stockton, California that supports adults whose alcohol or drug use has already begun affecting their daily responsibilities, relationships, housing stability, or legal status. Founded in 1992, it has served thousands of men and women through structured recovery work and education designed to help people build routines and insights that carry into the life they’re still living rather than apart from it.

The Beacon House Association of San Pedro is a long-standing, nonprofit residential recovery community for men whose alcohol or drug use has already begun disrupting their lives, relationships, and responsibilities. Located in San Pedro, California, it’s a state-licensed and certified long-term treatment environment designed to help men move from crisis into sustained recovery by providing structured support, housing, counseling, and real-world skills beyond short-term stabilization.

New Life Recovery Centers is a short-term and long-term residential recovery and withdrawal support program in San Jose that serves adults whose substance use has already begun disrupting housing, work, relationships, or daily functioning. The center provides a structured, live-in environment where recovery is grounded in routine and peer support rather than occasional outpatient visits, giving people space to stabilize.

The Sierra Pacific Center is a long-term, faith-based residential recovery setting operated by Teen Challenge Monterey Bay. It serves men whose substance use and related life patterns have already begun interfering with daily stability (work, housing, relationships, personal direction) and who need an immersive, live-in environment where recovery is practiced through everyday structure rather than managed through short-term intervention.

Kiva Learning Center for Women and Children is a residential recovery setting operated by McAlister Institute that allows women to work on substance use recovery without being separated from their children. Located in San Diego County, Kiva provides a live-in environment where mothers can stay with their young children while addressing patterns of alcohol or drug use that have begun affecting family stability, housing, parenting roles, or involvement with child welfare systems. Recovery here unfolds inside daily family life, not apart from it.

The San Diego County Teen Challenge center is a faith-based residential recovery induction program in San Diego, California for adult men whose substance use and life-controlling patterns have already begun affecting housing, work, relationships, or daily responsibilities. It serves as the first phase of a longer discipleship-based recovery journey, giving participants time, structure, and community support to begin shifting patterns that haven’t responded to shorter or isolated interventions.

Straight Street Men’s Center is a long-term residential recovery and discipleship program in Eureka, California operated under Redwood Adult & Teen Challenge, a Christian-rooted nonprofit that helps adults whose substance use and life-controlling behaviors have already begun disrupting family, work, housing, or stability regain direction and consistency in daily life. Its setting isn’t a short clinical stint. It’s a live-in community where men commit to sustained change that unfolds day by day.

Soroptimist House of Hope is a women-only residential substance use recovery program in Desert Hot Springs, California that supports adult women whose patterns of alcohol or drug use have already begun disrupting housing, relationships, daily responsibilities, or emotional stability. The program is grounded in a structured residential setting where recovery is lived through consistent routines, supportive community, and therapeutic engagement rather than episodic outpatient contacts.

Chico Rescue Mission is a Christ-centered residential recovery community for men in Chico, California. It provides a year-long residential environment where adults whose alcohol or drug use has begun disrupting their daily functioning, relationships, housing stability, or work life can live on site while engaging in structured recovery, spiritual guidance, and life-skill development. Rather than a short clinic visit, this is a place to stay and live the work of change with others who are facing similar pressures, supported by a faith-based framework and daily routine.

The Tule River Alcoholism Program (TRAP) is a culturally grounded substance use recovery program offered by the Tule River Indian Tribe of California in Porterville, California. Created in response to a recognized need for addiction support within the tribal community, TRAP serves tribal members, descendants, spouses, and other federally recognized Native American individuals whose alcohol or drug use has begun affecting relationships, responsibility, stability, or community engagement. It is a community-anchored continuum of care that respects cultural identity while helping people actually change patterns in the life they’re still living.

Teen Challenge East Bay Men’s Center is a long-term, residential recovery setting for adult men in Oakland, California, operated by Teen Challenge NorWestCal Nevada. It serves men whose substance use or life-controlling behaviors have already begun disrupting housing stability, work, relationships, or daily functioning. The program is faith-based and community-driven, built around living on site while recovery is practiced through routine, accountability, and shared responsibility.

Streams of Living Water Women’s Center is the women’s residential discipleship and recovery program operated by Redwood Adult & Teen Challenge in Eureka, California. It’s a one-year live-in program for adult women (18+) whose patterns of substance use and life-controlling behaviors have begun affecting family relationships, housing stability, work, or emotional wellbeing, and who need a structured environment where recovery and personal growth are lived day by day rather than confined to isolated sessions.

Humboldt Recovery Center in Eureka, California is the oldest and largest residential substance use recovery program on the California North Coast, serving men and women whose patterns of alcohol or drug use have already begun affecting their work, housing, relationships, or daily stability. Since 1972, this nonprofit has offered a therapeutic community-style residential environment where people live on site and do the sustained work of recovery in a setting that mirrors the routines and responsibilities they hope to return to.

Ventura County Rescue Mission is a faith-based residential recovery and support center in Oxnard, California, serving adults whose substance use, homelessness, or life-controlling behaviors have already begun disrupting daily functioning, housing stability and work. Founded in the early 1970s, the Mission offers structured programs rooted in community, routine, and compassionate care rather than isolated outpatient contact.

The Women’s New Life Program is a long-term residential recovery setting for adult women operated by Redwood Gospel Missions in Santa Rosa, California. It’s designed for women whose substance use and life-controlling patterns have begun disrupting housing stability, relationships, parenting roles, or personal safety, and who need a live-in environment where recovery unfolds gradually through daily structure and community rather than short-term intervention.

The Salvation Army San Francisco Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) is a no-cost, live-in recovery and stabilization program in San Francisco, California for adults whose substance use and related life-controlling behaviors have already begun disrupting housing, employment and relationships. It’s part of The Salvation Army’s national Adult Rehabilitation Center network, a long-standing residential model with structured routine and work-based engagement to help people rebuild stability.

The Salvation Army San Jose Adult Rehabilitation Center is a no-cost residential recovery and stabilization program in San Jose, California for adults whose alcohol or drug use and related life-controlling behaviors have already begun disrupting housing, work and relationships. It is part of The Salvation Army’s Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) network, a long-standing residential recovery model with structured routine and work therapy alongside practical and emotional support.

Central Valley Teen Challenge is a long-term, faith-based residential recovery program in Reedley, California that serves men whose substance use and life-controlling behaviors have already begun disrupting work, housing stability, relationships, or daily functioning. Operated as part of the Teen Challenge of Southern California network, it offers a structured live-in environment where recovery is lived through daily routine, community accountability, and personal engagement rather than short outpatient contacts.

Marengo House Residential is one of the residential recovery homes operated by Grandview Foundation in Pasadena, California. It provides a live-in recovery setting for men whose alcohol or drug use has begun to interfere with daily stability (housing, work, relationships, or personal follow-through) and who need more than outpatient check-ins to change those patterns. This is a place where recovery happens through daily living, structure, and shared responsibility, not through short visits or abstract plans.

The Lighthouse Recovery Program is a faith-anchored recovery and residential support program in Fresno, California that helps women, often with children, whose substance use and life challenges have already begun affecting housing stability, parenting roles, work, or emotional wellbeing. The center creates a structured, supportive environment where recovery work is woven into everyday responsibilities and routines instead of only happening in occasional sessions.

Teen Challenge Happy Valley Women’s Center is a long-term, residential recovery setting for adult women in Happy Valley, California, operated by Teen Challenge NorWestCal Nevada. It serves women whose substance use or life-controlling patterns have already begun disrupting housing stability, relationships, daily structure, or the ability to follow through on responsibilities. The program is faith-based and immersive, built around living on site while recovery unfolds through routine, community, and shared accountability.

The Teen Challenge Re-Entry Center in Sacramento, California is a live-in transitional recovery setting operated by Teen Challenge NorWestCal Nevada designed to support men who have completed the core Teen Challenge residential program and now need structured support as they reintegrate into everyday life. Rather than ending recovery work at graduation, the Re-Entry Center provides an environment where the next phase of stability (housing, work, relationships, and responsibility) is practiced with guidance, routine, and community support.

The Salvation Army San Bernardino Adult Rehabilitation Center is a no-cost, residential recovery and stabilization program in San Bernardino, California that supports adults whose substance use and associated behaviors have already begun disrupting housing stability, work and relationships. It’s part of The Salvation Army’s Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC) network, a long-standing residential model that blends structured routine and work therapy alongside community engagement to help people rebuild stability and purpose.

Diablo Valley Ranch is Bi-Bett’s rural residential recovery setting in Contra Costa County, offering a place where men can step away from daily pressures and focus fully on stabilizing their lives after alcohol or drug use has taken hold. Set on open land rather than in an urban neighborhood, the ranch creates physical and mental distance from the routines and environments that may have reinforced use, while still operating as part of Bi-Bett’s long-standing community-based treatment network.

The Turning Point Home is a residential recovery program for women in San Diego, California that supports women whose alcohol use, and related life-controlling behaviors, has already begun affecting their housing, relationships and work. Established in 1970, this program provides a structured, alcohol- and drug-free residential environment where recovery is lived through routine and community engagement rather than brief, isolated sessions.

Freedom Women’s Center is a faith-based residential recovery and discipleship program for adult women in the Monterey Bay region whose patterns of substance use and life-controlling behaviors have already begun affecting relationships, housing, employment, or emotional wellbeing. It’s not a short outpatient visit. This is a multi-phase, live-in setting where women commit to a long enough process to practice new routines, build stability, and work through deep-seated patterns in community rather than in isolation.

Woodglen Recovery Junction is a residential addiction recovery program in Fullerton, California for adults whose alcohol or drug use and related life-controlling behaviors have already begun affecting housing, work and relationships. Set in a historic house and run as a nonprofit licensed by the state, the program provides a structured live-in environment where recovery is lived through routine and community support rather than isolated outpatient appointments.