Inside America's Most Expensive Rehabs 

That guy is definitely on something. He is all over the place. I could tell from the second he touched that workers back and said "good work guys" he seemed so fake.

Just here to say that horse pissed a river for 22 seconds straight.

They relapse when they get back home to realize they broke. 😂

"Where'd your patients go?" "Uh, uh .... uh..... I don't know, but wherever they went.....there was a therapeutic meaning behind it."

"I'm the one who actually gives a fuck" 2 seconds later "Where are your patients now? "I have no idea 🤷‍♂️" He just cares about the money 🙄

The way he acts with his employees shows his true face.

The Cliffside owner looked like he was on something.

The guy being interviewed seems so defensive like he knows hes going to get grilled for being a fraud already

They are predators praying upon people desperate for help that just happen to have lots of money. Disgusting

The first dude still coked out! Lmao

That bloke that "runs" the place seems like he is clueless and grabbing money from vulnerable people.

$70k for a room? Shrooms only cost $40 for an eighth and that'll do it.

My health insurance paid 100% of my stay in rehab. I learned a lot and got a little sober. I still drink but no more hard drugs.

Addicts preying on addicts...🙏

>70 trees, all organic He's trying so hard to be important

Poor horses having to put up with these shenanigans 😂

Great reporting, it’s time people realize that true recovery comes from within! You don’t need fancy clinics, you need someone to talk to and to watch over you and true willpower which all people have inside of them

Bunch of crooks. *sips on his pint of vodka*

We guarantee that it works! Next person on camera, this is my third time.

Damn, solid reporting. He used an anonymous source for Morningside, but he did back it up with info from a deposition. Good stuff

The rule of successful treatment is that you first have to "let go" of the pain, leave it on the floor, and then you have to take responsibility, that it's YOUR CHOICE to change. Nobody can do it for you, no amount of "spa luxury" can do it for you.

Isn't that the horse from horsing around?

This is one of the best vice docs i watched

I’m so glad this journalist from vice was investigating this subject. He’s genuine and spitting straight facts.

"$73000 a month sounds like a lot, but it's not" Sir, it is a hell of a lot.

I've been to treatment 4 times. The only thing that works is if the person addicted really wants to be sober. Is able to stay away from people that are bad for their recovery and make serious life altering choices. Even with all that the chances of relapse are almost certain. But being able to pick yourself back up after a relapse and get back onboard with being clean is powerful as well. As weak as we feel in our addiction being able to say I did this makes me feel strong.

Iv been to rehab (twice) and it isn’t until your in there you really see what it’s all about. Rehabs might be great for some people and might work if you apply their teachings but most of the time it doesn’t work. People having to leave after being there two or three weeks into treatment because something with their insurance and seeing people crying saying they don’t want to leave because they are not ready and will relapse. GROWN men crying because they know what will happen as soon as they go home. Its just sad. I can go on and on about expectations vs the reality when I got there.

Went to rehab 5 years ago and been clean since, wasn't Malibu of course. My addiction wasn't cured I learned how to deal with my emotions without the use of any mind alternating substances. Struggle with it some days but managed to stay sober.

He seems like he still has an issue with coke. Lol.

Fortunate I have a detox and rehab where I live that's free. I went in there straight off the streets hooked on dope. Been clean pushing two years now no suboxone this time either. Yall are loved. It can't rain everyday

As someone in recovery, the only thing that has helped me find long term recovery was AA. People often misconstrue that AA meetings are the program of AA, which is incorrect. The meetings of AA are the FELLOWSHIP of AA. The program of AA is written in the book Alcoholics Anonymous, written by Bill W and the first 100 men and women who recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body by working the steps.

Is it me, or does the guy with the glasses look like Robert Irvine from Dinner: Impossible!?😳

Oh my gosh this rehab guying touching his face … and then referring to the reporter as “bro” and not knowing where the patients are. Then cutting to the horse pissing. Editing of this video is *chef’s kiss*.

The owner seemed like he was buzzing off some good yayo. It all seemed like a scam.

Family member went to a rehab for disorder, they were great and cared a lot, but they charged 25k a month to the insurance and the insurance ended just NOT paying it. Luckily they cut the charges down to 20k over the 4 months he was there but the fact that it was like 1200 is absolutely ridiculous.

Best thing vice has put out on quite a while

"If you acquire an addiction in America today, you are f**ked" 😂😂😂 the honest truth, unless your a millionaire!!

They are robbing people who unfortunately at the moment can't help themselves . This is just horryfing .

How you gonna give a tour of a rehab center with sunglasses on, acting all erratic lmaoooooooooooooooo

Next to impossible to find a psychiatrist that won’t pass out meds? Have you looked to the VA? I got anti-histamines for severe anxiety linked to PTSD.

Ready to start my own sober retreat

In the beginning there were mushrooms.

My experience is these places are garbage. I’ve been to nice rehabs. Then I turned 26 and my insurance ran out. I ended up at all the county funded facilities in Miami Dade, then finally ended up at one ran completely by the county. That’s where I got sober. In my opinion these rehabs teach nothing except how to be more entitled.

Man that first rehab owner is so aggressive 😬

He is high on adarol running a recovery center 😂

Dang the background music is just so EPIC! Like it's all a joke... 😂

I wrote it once and I'm gonna repeat myself. In terms of rehab money will not buy you better treatment. AA, AN, AG, those are proven to work and are free. Once you have motivation you can recover free of charge.

Tender Loving Mercy ran by Timothy Mcmahan in Oceanside California is the most foul corrupt program. Absolutely terrifying place.

So equine therapy? Really these people need to learn to cope with their feelings on a day by day basis when dealing with people and build confidence and self esteem. Animals don't destroy your self esteem like people do

I went to a 12 step based rehab program 5 years ago. It wasnt expensive like these in the video. But it wasnt cheap. Without insurance its 10,000. With insurance it was 3000. Which was for 45 days. I've been sober ever since

Been to rehab, it didn't work unfortunately. Tried shrooms & they weren't potent enough. Psychiatrist & therapy is the move currently... shroom trip on the way again I've only heard good things in helping addiction, depression / anxiety, OCD, etc.

Addiction is a mental health issue and needs to be treated as such. It's not a lack of control. That said, these "rehab" facilities are absurd! We need universal healthcare that includes mental health care services for all and to destigmatize and decriminalize addiction. Rich people can afford a place like this while poor people end up incarcerated for struggling with addiction.

Dude seems like he's high on something himself.

Watching a pony pee is so therapeutic...

I wonder if it’s a lot of placebo that this all works if it works

I struggle with a marijuana addiction. My biggest issue with it is thinking about the price it's going to cost me over my lifetime if I don't quit. However after my parents and I looked at passages Malibu, I realized a month of rehab would be at least 25-30years in price of my weed habit/addiction. I instantly felt a lot better about my addiction lol.

As an addict in recovery, having been to treatment. The facility is only the jump start. The real work, the real commitment to recovery comes from working the steps and being part of a 12 step fellowship. I went to rehab once, the 30 days helped me with the withdrawals and after walking out the doors, getting a sponsor, starting the steps, being in meetings and then yes. That is where the foundation of recovery is. I’m so grateful for Narcotics Anonymous because that fellowship is saving my life because it’s about a 180 change. I don’t agree with a lot of this video. The opinion of a non addict doing this shit on the real struggle of what recovery looks like. Not cute Vice.

It's a great hustle.

The beginning mentions alcohol anonymous 12 steps but when it first started it was 13 steps with the last step being to take LSD

Sad story

I went to rehab, my insurance paid for 30 days. I saw the bill and it was 30k$ for the 32 days. Did I think it was worth 1000$ a day, I don't think so. But it was good to go to a place to get away from the drugs even if it was for 30 days. I suppose if you have money you can always find the expensive choice for any decision you're making.

VICE. Thank you for posting something not useless and stupid

Why does he keep wiping his nose like that?

What the dude said in the beginning so true. The poor have a better chance at recovery. 12 step was the beginning of my recovery and rich people dont usually go deep enough to change for real. Really got to got to hit a bottom to change everything.

The first guy is super shady like come on 73 grand a month for what to sit in a room all day and not get help. No wonder why these celebrities and so many other people r dying

What is the channel?

That's disgusting.

You have the same chance of maintaining sobriety following any old two-week long vacation that removes you from a drug environment as you do going to a rehab program. When unbiased research was done on the efficacy of rehabs in the US, it was found that only 5 to 7% of people maintain sobriety for the year following treatment. There's a reason most rehabs don't do studies on their efficacy, and that's because they know it would be dismal; but for those that do actually do studies, their data is pretty scewed in their favor. The clients that respond to the studies are most likely going to be the only ones that have maintained sobriety, as the clients that haven't are more likely to not be able to be reached, dismissive of anything to do with rehab, likely to be embarrassed, etc. So in general, the studies end up not only having small participant pools, the successful group almost always heavily outbumbers the unsuccessful one. The rehabs that do these types of studies are the ones that boast about their high success rates. It's all BS. The main thing that rehabs provide is removing people from their normal environments. Being out of your environment strongly reduces cravings and brings you out of your everyday habits. It's usually those that have the strength to change that will stay clean, with or without rehab. Rehab can teach you all it wants. It can't give you a sustained inner strength when you go home. And honestly, studies have shown that the overwhelming majority of people with addictions get clean on their own between their mid twenties to early thirties. It's typically only those with the most severe cases of addiction that end up going to rehab in the first place, so of course they'd be the least likely to maintain sobriety. Psychologists will tell people that addiction requires rehab, but they suffer from clinician's bias, in that they only see the worst cases, so they generalize that level of addiction to all addicts. Addiction is a spectrum and not all addicts are the same. Even their drug of choice influences how they respond to treatment (i.e.: heroin users are more antisocial and get less benefit from group therapy, whereas alcohol users usually benefit greatly). There absolutely needs to be more actual research done into addiction, but even if there is, it'll be funded by big pharma so then more pharmaceuticals will be thrown around as treatment. Being able to develop inner strength to change is the key to sobriety, and in all honesty, if someone needs help, one-on-one cognitive behavioral therapy is a better and cheaper alternative to traditional rehab. Sobriety isn't a one-size-fits-all thing and working individually with someone who holds you accountable is so beneficial. The only problem is that it doesn't bring you out of your environment, so it's not a foolproof plan. If a program were developed using the CBT model that also enabled you to be out of your everyday environment, it would be a great start to improving the current system. Additionally, a lot of addicts don't have crippling addictions and they may avoid treatment because they don't want to give up their drug of choice all together. Some people just want to learn how to use responsibly, like with alcohol for example. There are new, emerging programs that teach people personal responsibility and moderation in their substance use, it's called "moderation management," and it's a great way to get a bunch of folks with mild addictions into therapy to help improve their lives and to help them to not fall deeper down the rabbit hole. I'm super excited to see how it develops in the future. If you have an addiction, remember rehab does work for some folks - it's just that it's not the only option. Do your own research into alternatives. I know Google is flooded with paid pages that promote traditional rehab programs, but trust me, the alternatives are there. Find what you think would work best for you. AA/NA usually have the same sobriety rates as tradtional rehabs, although they do work for some people. But at the end of the day, your inner-strength for self-improvement is what will make the difference in any method you choose. And if you decide to go down the medication route (i.e.: Vivitrol or any injectables), please do yourself a favor and read the FDA labels for the drugs which are available online - they have some horrific side effects that strongly outweigh the benefits. And always remember, after some time clean, any relapse comes with the greatest chance of ODing, as most ODs occur due to your decreased tolerance and habit of using a certain amount previously. Thanks for reading and be safe out there everyone! 🌻

Man, I've been thinking about doing something in this area, and this just affirmed it. Fuck leaving people hanging.

The guarantee of sobriety is because by the time they leave they don’t even have the money to buy drugs anymore 💀💀

The video crew's salary costs more than this guy's explanation of rehab.

I've seen this years ago

So creepy how that guy says 'right?'

I've been to five different rehabs. Not one of them look like that. All of them in the hood. Had to cook clean everything you would to be a adults. Except work had to go to meets but rent was free. Sucked had to get food stamps. But on a positive note I am three years sober. Plus you should have gave credit to dr. Bob for helping with the creation of AA. If you're interested in a movie about AAA creation call Bill W. I do feel real lucky to be In michigan they actually care to get into rehab.

Alot of these people went to rehab because they are broke and there family won't give them any more money and force them into treatment. You will never get clean no matter how expensive the treatment is if you don't want it. Then they get out and the family gives them what they have left to help them get on there feet and the relapse. Ive been clean 3 years and it took me 3 times in treatment so over 180 days. I know people whos grandma refinanced there house to send them to rehab. To find out they died of an overdose a week out of treatment. Very sad how people take advantage of people with a disease.

All of these patients have been misdiagnosed...

The place I went to in West Palm Beach was $21,500 out of pocket, plus $1,500 for detox, which I paid all out of pocket since I don't have insurance. It was a really nice place, but the whole industry is bull shit. Since I was self pay, they only drug tested me once a week, but the people who were going through insurance, they were drug tested every other day, because the rehab would charge the insurance a ridiculous amount of money per test, even though they only probably cost $10 each. All the therapy and shit is bull shit, all it is is they babysit you for a month and hope you stay clean when you get out. Quitting drugs is all about will power. You either do it or you don't, no one else to blame. Yeah there is support, like AA or NA, but that's all it is, support. No one can quit doing it for you but yourself. The only difference between the expensive places and cheap places is level of comfort. I went to a shitty place the first time, and it was miserable going through that process in such shitty conditions.

$73,000 a month : so that the owner can pay for his coke addiction

The only thing that actually works for addiction is a complete change in the way you view the world and your problems and even then it's still a tough road. This is why AA had some success. It tries to retrain you to see things in a different way but this is all easier said than done. Anything claiming to fix addiction in a week or two is straight bullshit. It really takes an epiphany in some form to break free of it.

Sick cruel things humans

They still do ECT!

Another blatant representation of "No money, in the cure."

AA is successful because it relies on the addicts willingness to get better. Forcing people to go to rehab is useless. They have to want to go and to get better. Also AA has a support system that rehab systems lack. A good rehab treatment is Marine Corps boot camp. You have no time for yourself except 1 hour in the evening. Then its sleep, wake up, work out, get yelled at all day and repeat.

It’s just all for the money. They see desperate vulnerable people needing help and they capitalize on it. My friend who is now my barber I met through rehab since he was near the area I was located in and I booked him. He told me that the owner of the rehab I was in which costed 20K he would ask him for drugs cause he slanged dope on the side lol, though he understands and doesn’t do that around me. I believe it. It’s an evil business where they see your condition as a money sign.

I went to this kind of place in Montreal and when I had no money left I needed to go home but they made me take the Methadone at there place and as soon as I left the building the Md there cancelled my car licsence like I was a criminal , no difference from a full DUI . 6 years later im still paying so much more insurance on everything and they are calling me each 6 months to do donation for them !!!!!!!!

Everyone needs a valuation mental hand in doc and home paperwork after everything been happening

What people dont know is that in patient rehab for anyone is about $1000 a day 30,000 a month FOR NORMAL REHAB. It's all a ripoff

Wrong Diagnosis wrong prognosis...

$73K monthly? That's ridiculous. You can feed a lot of hungry people on that and sponsor students for their education 😬

7:56 shows the main step to sobriety

He should be a politician, amazing at lying and squeezing out as much money as possible from people.

Going to a fancy rehab won’t work. You have to have the courage to put yourself out of your comfort zone and get real. Going to a resort, making sure you’re very comfortable...is not going to put you where you need to be. I credit anyone trying to help themselves but I’m not sure this is how to do it.

While these rehabs cost a lot, they also give them everything they need and they still relapse. Cant fault the facility for that. Many have doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, dieticians, counselors, priests. What else should they do? They need to pay those salaries and rent and food, medicine, taking them on outings.

Who goes to the 4 seasons for 30 days? 🤣🤣🤣

Omgawd!! Who is this guy? And where is this place!! How can you run a rehab when you can't even manage to answer a few questions? Sad and pathetic 🙁

@ 6:00 this guy has to be trolling. Lol

you should investigate the industry that makes posh rehab look angelic. Case managers and the referrant business...

Oh my god, the rehab owner is lying so much

Every doctor need a ivoluasion

It might be easy to say but Psychiatric Rehab is one of the hardest fields for Treatment.