Delray Beach, known as the “rehab capital of the world”, is undoubtedly one of the most popular places to get and stay sober – and for good reason. There is no shortage of inpatient, outpatient, or sober living facilities, and many of said facilities specialize in co-occurring disorders, trauma resolution, and additionally cater to a wide variety of other specified, individualized needs.

Delray is an unparalleled place to get and stay sober for a multitude of reasons. Many transplants move temporarily to Delray in hopes of laying a solid foundation for long-term sobriety and wind up staying permanently in the area based on the incomparable support systems they inevitably end up acquiring. Because Delray is so densely populated with active members of the sober community, there is never a shortage of support or camaraderie in times of need. Thus, the small town itself is always bustling with healthy activity.

Downtown Delray has rapidly become a sober hot spot – a palm-tree lined street leading straight to the beautiful beach, Atlantic Avenue is a cultural hub, brimming with an array of affordable and fine-dining restaurants, boutique clothing shops, and art galleries. Within walking distance from the Ave are two of Delray’s better-known meetinghouses – Central House and Crossroads. Crossroads is home to over 115 12-step meetings per week, and counting. More than 5000 individuals show up to 12-step meetings weekly, and the number is always rising with each new influx of young addicts and alcoholics desperate for change. There is never an absence of things to do or meetings to hit in Delray, and the transition from medical detoxification center to residential treatment to halfway house is made significantly easier due to the fact that one has the aide and guidance of those surrounding, those who have undergone a parallel evolution and who are always more than willing to help the newcomer.

Additionally, the vast majority of those working in the field of recovery have also endured the process – making the experience more relatable and knowing, from personal experience, what works. Many who come to recover and wind up residing long-term end up working in the field. Delray has become nothing less than a self-sufficient society-within-a-society, as job opportunities for recovered addicts and alcoholics are constantly arising due to the continual influx of new patients. Without question, Delray is an opportune location for anyone wishing to reestablish him or herself as a sober, happy, functioning member of society.

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Ocean Breeze Recovery

2413 East Atlantic Boulevard
Pompano Beach, FL 33062

855-677-9522

Pathway to Hope

600 SE 2nd Ct
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

877-938-2499

Sunrise Detox

2331 NE 53rd St
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308

866-919-8642

Unfortunately, with a sizeable expanse of recovery comes an unavoidable increase in relapse and overdose. Out of the nearly 3500 people being treated as inpatients in Palm Beach County, 218 endured an overdose in the year 2006, and the number had increased to 241 in only the first 9 months of the following year. This averages out to roughly one overdose every 36 hours – which undoubtedly qualifies as a serious local problem, potentially an epidemic.

The numbers of drug-related fatalities continues to increase with the introduction of new illicit substances, and with “bad batches” of widely used prohibited narcotics. In the first half of December, 2013, more than 20 heroin-related overdoses were recorded – at least one proving to be fatal. Currently, the heroin presence in Delray is at the highest ever recorded. In the past, Florida has mainly received media attention for drugs like OxyContin as well as other commonly abused prescription medications. However, with the rising relapse rate of Northern natives who traveled to Florida in hopes of starting anew; transplants from New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia where heroin use runs all too rampant; the flourishing recovery culture is slowly becoming overshadowed by the cyclically lost junkies who haven’t yet found their way back into the rooms. While still deemed the preeminent location to procure and sustain substantial sobriety, one must be weary of the rise in relocated drug-abuse and truly, as they say, “stick with the winners”.

Drug rehabs within Delray Beach