Drug rehab tailored to your specific substance.

Heroin isn't cocaine. Cocaine isn't meth. Benzodiazepines aren't alcohol. Each substance has its own withdrawal profile, its own relapse pattern, and its own evidence-based treatment protocol. RECO Intensive's drug-rehab tracks are substance-specific — different medication strategies, different group compositions, different relapse-prevention work for each. For Boca clients, our specialization beats local generalist programs that treat all addictions identically.

If you’re weighing drug rehab from Boca Raton, the geography is worth naming first. From Mizner Park or Royal Palm Place, RECO Intensive’s Delray Beach campus is a 20-minute drive north up Federal Highway — eleven miles that sit comfortably inside the radius of a normal weekday errand. That distance matters clinically: PHP and IOP work best when treatment is woven into a real life with family, school pickups in Boca West, and a job in Downtown Boca, rather than bolted onto a temporary relocation. For most Boca Raton residents, the practical question isn’t whether to leave town for care, but how to structure care so it fits the life they’re already living.

Why substance-specific treatment outperforms generalist programs

A program that treats all addictions with the same curriculum is built for administrative convenience, not clinical outcomes. Heroin and alcohol have different withdrawal timelines, different relapse triggers, different pharmacotherapy options, and different peer communities. Cocaine and benzodiazepines require different clinical foci in early recovery. Polysubstance use — the most common presentation at RECO Intensive — requires a treatment plan that accounts for the interaction between substances rather than addressing each in isolation.

For Boca Raton residents comparing drug rehab options, the relevant question is not which program is closest or cheapest. It is which program has differentiated clinical tracks for the specific substances involved, medication-assisted treatment options where indicated, co-occurring mental health capacity, and a structured continuum after primary treatment.

Opioid and heroin treatment

Opioid use disorder has the strongest evidence base for medication-assisted treatment of any substance. Buprenorphine (Suboxone), methadone, and naltrexone (Vivitrol) are all FDA-approved and supported by decades of clinical research showing that medication significantly reduces mortality and relapse rates compared to abstinence-only approaches. RECO’s opioid track integrates MAT for appropriate candidates, with the prescribing decision made by the in-house physician and psychiatrist in consultation with the primary therapist.

Heroin-specific group work addresses the rapid and intense reinforcement profile of IV or intranasal heroin, the social networks that form around use, the grief and loss associated with the heroin lifestyle, and the prolonged post-acute withdrawal syndrome that keeps cravings active for months after physical withdrawal resolves. For more, visit the heroin addiction treatment section.

Cocaine and stimulant treatment

There is currently no FDA-approved pharmacotherapy for cocaine use disorder, which makes the behavioral and psychotherapeutic components of treatment central rather than supplemental. Cocaine-specific programming at RECO addresses the crash-and-craving cycle, the role of sleep disruption in relapse risk, the financial and legal consequences common among cocaine users, and the cognitive distortions — particularly grandiosity and minimization — that cocaine reinforces during active use.

For clients with crack cocaine use, the pharmacological profile differs from powder cocaine primarily in speed of onset and duration of effect, which shapes a distinct craving pattern and a distinct peer recovery context. RECO’s programming is calibrated to both presentations. See the cocaine and crack treatment page for more detail.

Benzodiazepine and sedative treatment

Benzodiazepine use disorder is one of the most underdiagnosed and undertreated presentations in South Florida. Many clients arrive at RECO with benzo dependence that developed via legitimate prescription and escalated gradually. The treatment challenge is threefold: the medical complexity of withdrawal management (which requires a slow, individualized taper), the absence of FDA-approved pharmacotherapy for ongoing craving management, and the psychiatric comorbidities — typically anxiety disorders — that drove the initial prescription and that require concurrent treatment. Visit the prescription sedatives treatment page for clinical detail.

Alcohol treatment within the drug rehab framework

For clients with both alcohol and drug use disorders, treatment must address both simultaneously. Alcohol is the most commonly co-occurring substance in polysubstance presentations and carries its own withdrawal risk, its own pharmacotherapy options (naltrexone, acamprosate), and its own relapse-prevention work. The alcohol addiction treatment section covers the alcohol-specific clinical approach in detail.

The full continuum from Boca Raton

Drug rehab at RECO is a continuum, not a single program. The standard sequence for Boca clients includes coordinated medical detox through a partner facility, admission to PHP, step-down to IOP, structured sober living for those who need it, and a formal aftercare plan. The drive from Boca to our Delray Beach campus is 20 minutes. To start the clinical intake process, call (866) 396-2008.

Serving residents of: Mizner Park, Royal Palm Place, Boca West, Highland Beach.