About Experience Recovery

A drug and alcohol treatment program in Orange County, California — focused on helping people stabilize, do the deeper work, and build a life worth staying in.

Why this work

Addiction and mental health concerns rarely arrive cleanly. They tangle with grief, trauma, family history, financial stress, and physical illness. We started Experience Recovery because we believe people deserve care that takes the whole picture seriously — not a one-size-fits-all checklist.

What we treat

We work with adults whose lives are being affected by alcohol, opioids (including heroin and fentanyl), benzodiazepines, stimulants (cocaine, methamphetamine, prescription stimulants), and polysubstance use. We also provide integrated care for co-occurring mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, PTSD, and bipolar disorder.

What we do

We provide medically supervised detox and residential treatment, along with a dedicated family program. Our focus is helping clients stabilize safely and do the deeper clinical work in a structured residential setting.

How we approach treatment

Our work is evidence-informed, trauma-aware, and clinically directed. That means cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and medication-assisted treatment when clinically appropriate — alongside group work, family involvement, and aftercare planning that begins on admission, not at discharge.

Accreditations & licensure

Experience Recovery operates under the licensing and oversight that legitimate addiction treatment in California requires:

• The Joint Commission — accredited for behavioral health care. Joint Commission accreditation is the most widely recognized standard in U.S. healthcare, and renewal requires regular on-site survey of clinical, administrative, and safety practices.
• California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) — licensed as an Incidental Medical Services (IMS) provider, allowing on-site medical care including supervised withdrawal management.
• ASAM Criteria — we use the American Society of Addiction Medicine's level-of-care criteria to determine the appropriate setting for each client (detox and residential treatment).

If you'd like to verify any of these, our admissions team can walk you through the documentation. Call (866) 514-7282.

Where we are

Our campus is in Orange County, California — close enough to a major airport for out-of-state clients, far enough from the noise of daily life to settle in. The setting matters: a calmer environment helps people put down the daily emergencies long enough to do the work.

Talk to admissions

The first call is where this conversation starts — and it's confidential. (866) 514-7282, or send a message.

More about us

• Our approach — how we think about treatment
• Our campus — the setting
• Our team — the clinicians and staff

Information on this page is general and educational. Specific clinical decisions should always be made with a licensed provider who knows your history.