Drug & Alcohol Detox and Residential Treatment in Los Angeles
- Medically supervised detox, around the clock
- Expert trauma-focused care for dual-diagnosis
- Gold Seal accredited campus in Laurel Canyon since 2013
We're in-network with most major insurers
Our admissions team works directly with your insurance company to explain exactly what's covered before you commit to anything, no surprises.
We do not accept Medi-Cal or Medicare.
Our Laurel Canyon facility
A private, inclusive, and comforting space to recover, residential homes set in the quiet hills of Laurel Canyon, designed with privacy above all else.
Our Laurel Canyon campus
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A Place to Belong in Recovery
Recovery takes enough energy without also managing how you're perceived. Breathe is a place of belonging for everyone who walks through the door, whatever your background, identity, or story. Whether the people supporting you are the family you were born into or the one you chose, nothing about who you are needs to be hidden, minimized, or explained here. Breathe offers LGBTQIA+ affirming care at every level of treatment.
Call Now: (877) 239-8684What we treat
Substance use, mental health, or both, treated as equally important and deeply connected. For many people, addiction and mental health are tangled up with trauma, stress, or loss. We treat the whole picture, not just the symptom. We meet you where you are, build trust first, and help you face fear and shame at a pace you can manage.
Levels of Care & Therapies
Recovery isn't one-size-fits-all. We move with you through as many levels of care as you need.
Residential Treatment
FlagshipOur most structured, primary level of care. Clients live on-site with 24/7 supervision, daily therapy, and psychiatric care for both addiction and mental health.
Explore Our Residential Treatment ProgramDetox
A safe, clinically monitored start. Our team manages withdrawal around the clock, so your body can safely let go of what it has been depending on before treatment begins in earnest.
Is Medical Detox Right for You? Learn MorePHP, Day Treatment (SUD, MH)
Full clinical days without a residential stay. The same intensity of care as residential treatment, with evenings spent at home or in transitional living.
Learn About Our PHP Day Treatment ProgramIOP, Intensive Outpatient (SUD, MH)
Structured treatment that flexes around a life you are already rebuilding. Real clinical support without stepping away from work, school, or family.
Explore Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP)Transitional Living / Enhanced Sober Living
A stable, substance-free home base as you find your footing. Structure and community support while you build toward full independence.
Learn About Transitional & Sober LivingOutpatient (OP)
The lightest touch level of care, built for ongoing support once you are stable. A natural step down after residential, PHP, or IOP.
Explore Our Outpatient ProgramSignature Services
Specialized programs built around the parts of recovery generic treatment tends to miss: trauma, family systems, and demanding careers like airline work.
Why Choose Breathe for Detox and Residential Treatment
Breathe is a drug and alcohol detox and residential treatment center in Los Angeles, on a Gold Seal accredited campus in Laurel Canyon. Detox, residential care, and step-down programs happen under one clinical team, so nobody has to start over between levels. We treat addiction and mental health as equal, connected parts of the same journey, and every client is welcomed as they are.
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Medical Detox, Then Residential Care
A safe, clinically monitored detox with withdrawal managed around the clock, then residential treatment on the same Laurel Canyon campus.
- Withdrawal managed around the clock
- A safe, clinically monitored start
- Straight into residential care on the same campus
Medical Detox, Then Residential Care
A safe, clinically monitored detox with withdrawal managed around the clock, then residential treatment on the same Laurel Canyon campus.
Addiction and Mental Health, Treated Together
Integrated dual-diagnosis approach, we don't treat substance use in isolation from anxiety, depression, or trauma.
Inclusive, Affirming Care
Every client is welcomed as they are, with LGBTQIA+ affirming care available at every level of treatment.
Trauma-Informed Approach
Care built around how trauma actually shows up, for deep and lasting healing.
Residential, Whole-Person Care
A private, inclusive, and affirming space to live and heal on our Laurel Canyon campus, not just a bed and a schedule.
Your Privacy, Protected
Confidentiality built into every part of how we operate, care that respects who knows you're here, on your terms.
Chosen Family Welcome in Programming
Once clients step down to PHP or IOP, family therapy and an in-person 3-Day Family Workshop, with room for chosen family, not only family of origin.
Staff Who've Lived It
Many of our team members, from the front desk to clinical leadership, have personal recovery experience, so you're not only being treated by people who studied it from the outside.
Rated 4.1 on Google
4.1 · 155 Google reviewsEvery journey looks different, yours will be built around exactly what you need.
The people behind Breathe
Breathe is guided every day by one idea: treat every person like family. Behind our CEO is a hardworking, experienced team that stays patient, fair and open with every client.
Los Angeles has always been home, but my journey to finding myself, and my purpose, took me far beyond the city limits. I studied at the University of Montana and later at the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School, but my greatest education came through my own recovery. I entered this field when I was three years sober, inspired to help others find the hope and healing that transformed my life.
Read Beck's story →Four simple steps
Call us
Speak confidentially with our admissions team, 24/7, about your situation.
Verify insurance
We contact your insurer directly and explain exactly what's covered.
Get assessed
A clinical assessment determines the right level of care for you.
Begin treatment
Start your personalized program at our Laurel Canyon facility.
Our location
A secluded campus in the heart of Laurel Canyon, close enough to reach, private enough to heal.
The questions people really ask
Seven honest answers, the things people and families ask us before they decide anything.
What is it actually like to be here day to day?+
Structured, but not institutional. Mornings start with medication and time for the gym, meditation or reading. Then come four 90-minute groups with short breaks and an hour for lunch, wrapping at 4 pm, with therapist and case manager sessions fit around them. Evenings hold free time, a community meeting, dinner together and a meeting or time with the community. You live in a residential home in Laurel Canyon, not a ward.
What happens on the first day I arrive?+
Someone meets you at the door, and the nurses see you first. Staff check your bags with you, help you settle into your room and introduce you to the program. Depending on how you feel, you rest or start joining the community and groups at your own pace. Nobody rushes you. The first day is about landing safely.
I have never been in treatment. How do you work with someone new to this?+
We meet you where you are. The first job is building trust, so we start with compassion, safety and gentle education, not pressure. From there your team helps you face the fears and the shame that often come with asking for help, and look at what sits underneath the substance use rather than only the symptoms: the emotional wounds, relationship patterns and unmet needs that fed it. Care is trauma-informed and built around you, and the aim is bigger than stopping. It is helping you understand yourself and build a different relationship with your life, because change is possible.
I am not sure I need rehab. Is it worth calling anyway?+
Yes, and that is a very common place to be starting from. You do not need to have decided anything, name it a certain way, or hit some threshold first. Tell us what has been happening and we will tell you honestly what we think, including if we are not the right fit and someone else would serve you better.
How long does treatment usually last?+
It is shaped around your progress rather than a fixed calendar, and it varies by level of care and by what a plan authorizes. Most people step down gradually, through PHP, IOP, or transitional living, rather than going straight home, and the plan is built with you and changes as you do.
Can my family, or my chosen family, be part of it?+
Yes. While you are in residential, your care team keeps your family honestly informed. Once you step down to PHP or IOP, and with your therapist's approval, the family program begins: family therapy, which can also happen online, and an in-person 3-Day Family Workshop. Family here means the people who actually show up for you: partners, chosen family, close friends.
What happens when residential treatment ends?+
You do not simply leave. Before discharge we build the next step with you: PHP or IOP, where life skills and time management take a bigger role, transitional living, therapists, a meeting schedule. Our Alumni Program keeps a real community around you afterwards, with groups and staff who follow up because they want to know how you are.
Will my insurance help cover this?+
Very likely. We are in-network with most major providers, and our team verifies your specific benefits directly with your insurer, at no cost and with no obligation, before you commit to anything. We do not accept Medi-Cal or Medicare, and if that is your coverage we will say so straight away and point you somewhere that can help.