Outpatient addiction treatment, 40 minutes from Fort Lauderdale.

For Fort Lauderdale clients, RECO is the rare PHP that is both close enough to commute from Las Olas or Victoria Park and far enough — 40 minutes north on I-95 — to offer real separation from the people and places tied to active use. PHP and IOP share the same primary therapist, so the work continues across levels of care. When home isn't stable, RECO's Delray Beach sober-living network coordinates directly with the clinical team.

From Las Olas Boulevard or a quiet block in Victoria Park, the RECO Intensive campus in Delray Beach is about 40 minutes north on I-95 — roughly 26 miles. That distance matters clinically. It is close enough that Fort Lauderdale clients can attend a full Partial Hospitalization (PHP) day and be home by dinner without uprooting work, family, or a child’s school schedule. It is also far enough that the program offers genuine separation from the bars on Himmarshee, the dealer’s number still in a phone, or the neighbor on the same Rio Vista street who has been part of the cycle. That separation, paired with daily clinical structure, is often the difference between a treatment episode that holds and one that doesn’t.

What outpatient addiction treatment actually means

“Outpatient” is a wide category. At one end is standard outpatient — an hour of therapy a week and perhaps a medication check. At the other end is Partial Hospitalization, which runs 30 or more clinical hours each week and is, in everything but the overnight bed, equivalent to residential care. In between sits Intensive Outpatient (IOP), typically 9 to 15 hours weekly across three to five days. For someone with a moderate to severe substance use disorder — daily drinking, opioid use, a recent overdose, repeated relapse — standard outpatient is almost never the right starting density. PHP or IOP is. The distinction matters because under-treating a serious SUD is one of the most common reasons people cycle in and out of care. RECO’s PHP and IOP tracks share the same clinical staff, the same evidence-based modalities, and — critically — the same primary therapist as a client steps down. The work doesn’t restart at each level; it continues.

Who outpatient is the right fit for

The decision is not made by guesswork. RECO uses the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) placement criteria, which assess six dimensions: acute intoxication and withdrawal potential, biomedical conditions, emotional and behavioral conditions, readiness to change, relapse and continued-use potential, and the recovery environment. Outpatient — PHP or IOP — is appropriate when withdrawal risk is manageable on an ambulatory basis (or has already been medically supervised), 24-hour nursing is not required, psychiatric symptoms are not acutely dangerous, and the place a client sleeps each night supports rather than undermines recovery. That last dimension, the recovery environment, is the one Fort Lauderdale families ask about most. If home is stable — a spouse in Coral Ridge who has done their own Al-Anon work, a parent in Wilton Manors who can hold a boundary — PHP from home is usually viable. If home is not stable yet, sober living becomes part of the clinical plan, not an afterthought. For clients who do need a higher level of care first, RECO offers residential treatment with a planned step-down to PHP.

What a PHP day looks like

A PHP day at RECO runs Monday through Friday, typically from mid-morning to mid-afternoon — roughly six clinical hours plus breaks. The day is built, not stitched together. A client will move through process groups, psychoeducational groups (relapse prevention, family systems, the neurobiology of addiction), and skills-based groups grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI). Individual therapy occurs weekly with the primary therapist; trauma work, when indicated, is delivered through EMDR or Trauma-Focused CBT by a clinician credentialed in that modality. Psychiatry is on-site for medication management — including, where clinically appropriate, naltrexone or acamprosate for alcohol use disorder and buprenorphine or extended-release naltrexone (Vivitrol) for opioid use disorder. Medication-assisted treatment is offered, not pushed; the decision is made jointly with the prescriber. IOP follows the same architecture compressed into three to four days a week, usually with a morning or an evening track so clients can keep a job or finish a semester.

Sober living as part of the treatment plan

RECO operates its own network of sober-living residences in Delray Beach, walking or short-driving distance from the clinical campus. These are not loosely affiliated houses; they are run by RECO staff, with house managers, drug testing, curfews, and direct communication into the treatment team. For a Fort Lauderdale client whose Las Olas apartment is two blocks from the bar where they used to drink, or whose Rio Vista house still has the person they used with on the lease, sober living during PHP and IOP is often the variable that makes outpatient care clinically appropriate at all. Length of stay is individualized — some clients step down to their own apartment after 30 days, others stay for six months while completing IOP and beginning aftercare. The clinical team and the housing team are in regular contact, so a shift in the home environment — a roommate’s relapse, a new conflict — becomes part of the next therapy session, not a hidden risk.

Substance-specific care: alcohol and opioids

Treatment is calibrated to the substance, because the neurobiology, the relapse signatures, and the pharmacological options differ. For alcohol use disorder, the work pairs CBT and MI with medical management of post-acute withdrawal symptoms and, when indicated, naltrexone or acamprosate. The full approach is described on the alcohol addiction treatment page. For opioid use disorder — heroin, fentanyl, prescription opioids — the priority is overdose prevention, which often means buprenorphine maintenance or monthly extended-release naltrexone, layered with contingency management and trauma-focused therapy. Details are on the heroin and opioid addiction treatment page. Many clients present with both alcohol and stimulant use, or opioids and benzodiazepines; the treatment plan accounts for the full pattern, not just the substance written on the intake form.

Insurance, the I-95 commute, and how to start

RECO is in-network with most major commercial carriers — Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and several others — and works with out-of-network benefits where coverage applies. Verification takes a single phone call to (866) 396-2008 or a form submission through the insurance page; in most cases benefits are confirmed the same business day. For Fort Lauderdale families weighing logistics: the I-95 commute from Victoria Park or Coral Ridge to the Delray campus is about 40 minutes outside of rush hour and closer to an hour during the morning northbound peak; many clients in sober living avoid the commute entirely. The first conversation is with a clinical admissions team member, not a salesperson — the goal is to determine whether RECO is the right placement, and if it isn’t, to help identify what is.

Serving residents of: Las Olas, Victoria Park, Coral Ridge, Rio Vista, Wilton Manors.