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Rehab in San Diego, California
32 verified treatment centers in and around San Diego.
Verified centers in and around San Diego
32 centers from our verified catalog are in San Diego or within 25 miles of it in California: 3 in San Diego itself and 29 in nearby towns, nearest first.
Alvarado Parkway Institute
San Diego, CA
Confidential Recovery
San Diego, CA
El Dorado Community Service Center
San Diego, CA
La Jolla Healing Center
La Jolla, CA · 7 mi away
La Jolla Recovery
La Jolla, CA · 7 mi away
Access Recovery Solutions
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Action Recovery Group
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Addiction Recovery Care Association
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Addiction Recovery Medical Services
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Amazing Grace Recovery Services
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Anchor Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Carolina Recovery Solutions
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Cedar Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Coalition Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Flatirons Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Focused Addiction Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Hope Valley Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Kentucky Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
LSA Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
New Jersey Recovery Institute
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Recovery Management Center
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Relentless Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Resurge Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Roaring Brook Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
South Texas Subst Abuse Recovery Servs
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Sunlight Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Syracuse Recovery Services
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Vita Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
Will Work for Recovery
Cardiff by the Sea, CA · 17 mi away
AToN Center
Encinitas, CA · 18 mi away
Present Moments Recovery
San Marcos, CA · 22 mi away
Family Counseling Center
Escondido, CA · 22 mi away
How this count is built: these are centers from our catalog of 1,194 verified centers nationwide, the same list as the California state guide (137 centers) and our treatment search. A center counts here if it is in San Diego or its town is within 25 miles of San Diego in California; distances are measured between town centers from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 Gazetteer.
SAMHSA locator listings for San Diego
SAMHSA lists 86 programs within 25 miles of San Diego in California (FindTreatment.gov records, imported October 2025); 43 of them have a street address in San Diego and are listed below. These are federal locator records, not our verified catalog, so they are counted separately from the centers above.
Hope Family Therapy Group
San Diego, CA
Jane Westin Center
San Diego, CA
Confidential Recovery
San Diego, CA
San Diego Center for Children
San Diego, CA
San Diego American Indian Health
San Diego, CA
CRASH Short Term I
San Diego, CA
Golden Hill House I
San Diego, CA
CRF Del Sur Crisis Center
San Diego, CA
Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC)
San Diego, CA
Center for Discovery Del Mar
San Diego, CA
Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program San Diego
San Diego, CA
Family Health Centers of San Diego Solutions for Recovery
San Diego, CA
How this list is built: every center above has a street address in San Diego, California in its SAMHSA treatment-locator record. Another 39 records in our database carry San Diego as the city but give an address somewhere else, so they are not counted or shown on this page: 14 are in other California cities (Rancho Mirage 1, El Cajon 1, Oceanside 1, Whittier 1, Brentwood 1, Encino 1, Newport Beach 1, Inglewood 1 and others); 3 are elsewhere in California; 22 are outside California, including other states and countries. Statewide listings are in the California state guide.
The 25-mile SAMHSA figure above counts only locator records whose street address confirms their own town, with distances measured between town centers; it is a count of federal records, separate from our verified catalog.
Filed under San Diego, located in another California city:
- Alvarado Parkway Institute — El Cajon, CA
- Betty Ford Center Rancho Mirage — Rancho Mirage, CA
- Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program Brentwood — Brentwood, CA
- Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program Newport Beach — Newport Beach, CA
- Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program Pacific Place — Long Beach, CA
- Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program Sacramento — Sacramento, CA
- Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program San Jacinto — San Jacinto, CA
- Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program Temecula — Temecula, CA
- Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program Vista — Vista, CA
- Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program West LA — Santa Monica, CA
- Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program Whittier — Whittier, CA
- El Dorado Community Service Center — Inglewood, CA
SAN DIEGO treatment profile
Addiction treatment options in San Diego
Levels of care available
| Level of care | SAMHSA listings in San Diego |
|---|---|
| Co-Occurring Mental Health | 27 of 43 |
| Outpatient | 25 of 43 |
| Residential Rehab | 17 of 43 |
| Detox | 2 of 43 |
| Sober Living | 1 of 43 |
Insurance accepted by San Diego centers
Payment types the centers report to the SAMHSA treatment locator, counted out of 43 San Diego listings. Federal records do not say which insurance companies a center has contracts with, so confirm your plan with the center or your insurer.
Show all 19 payment types
Substances & conditions treated
| Substance / condition | SAMHSA listings treating it |
|---|---|
| Co-Occurring Disorders | 35 of 43 |
| Drug Addiction | 31 of 43 |
| Cocaine | 14 of 43 |
| Alcohol | 13 of 43 |
| Heroin | 13 of 43 |
| Smoking Cessation | 12 of 43 |
| Benzodiazepines | 11 of 43 |
| Opioids | 9 of 43 |
| Prescription Drugs | 9 of 43 |
| Methamphetamine | 8 of 43 |
| Ecstasy | 7 of 43 |
| Psychedelics | 5 of 43 |
| Synthetic Drugs | 5 of 43 |
| Marijuana | 3 of 43 |
| Chronic Relapse | 2 of 43 |
Therapy approaches offered
Counts reflect services reported to SAMHSA by the 43 SAMHSA listings with a San Diego address shown above. Always verify current details directly with each facility.
Common questions
Rehab in San Diego: what people ask
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Finding treatment in San Diego
San Diego, California has 32 addiction-treatment facilities. The number, like most numbers in this space, tells you less than you would hope. That facility density is typical of a metro of this scale and generally means specialty programming (co-occurring, perinatal, adolescent) is available regionally if not always inside city limits. What is worth understanding is the specific shape of access — who these facilities serve, who they turn away, and why the two populations are not the same.
The California context
California context matters for San Diego in a way that most local addiction coverage skips. The state expanded Medicaid in 2014 under the ACA. Its overdose rate runs 27.9 per 100,000. stark contrast between well-resourced urban programs and underserved inland counties That state-level reality is not abstract — it shows up at San Diego's curb as "this facility takes Medicaid, that one does not," "this program does MAT, that one does not."
How access actually works in San Diego
The San Diego access question rewards patience and specific questions. The useful first step is rarely the closest facility — it is an evaluation by someone whose incentives are clinical, not financial. PCPs in San Diego prescribe MAT now; licensed substance-use counselors do initial assessments; federal helplines route without a commercial incentive. Any of those three beats cold-calling facility admissions.
Regional and nearby options
the size of the local network means clinical specialty is usually available within San Diego or immediately adjacent, without needing to widen the search radius substantially. The math is often simple: the travel cost of an extra 30 miles is usually worth the difference in clinical framework or specialty capacity that a major metro's facility mix cannot always provide.
Practical next steps
If this is week one of considering treatment in San Diego, do three unglamorous things: take the self-assessment on this site, call the SAMHSA helpline (1-800-662-HELP), schedule a PCP visit specifically about substance use. The San Diego facility search can wait until those three are done.
Official resources
Last updated April 2026. Sources: SAMHSA Treatment Locator, CDC WONDER, KFF Medicaid Tracker, ASAM Criteria 4e. See our editorial policy.