# Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Buckinghamshire | Sierra Recovery > Alcohol rehab in Buckinghamshire compared: free One Recovery Bucks and AA, family support, indicative private costs and honest treatment-abroad options. [Home](/) / [Areas we serve](/travelling-to-spain-for-treatment/) / Alcohol rehab in Buckinghamshire Alcohol treatment in Buckinghamshire # Alcohol rehab in Buckinghamshire: an honest guide to your options Every route to alcohol treatment for people in Buckinghamshire, side by side: the free NHS-commissioned service, peer support, private residential rehab, and treatment abroad, with real costs and sources you can check. [See the options](#options)[+44 1202 653136](tel:+441202653136) Clinically reviewed by[Nerea Encinas Sánchez](/clinical-team/)Director of the centre, MSc General Health PsychologyRegistered psychologist, COPAO AO13857 Checked for accuracy on 28 July 2026. Next review due July 2027. This page is general information about our programme and is not a substitute for advice about your own situation. If you may be physically dependent, do not stop suddenlyStopping alcohol, or benzodiazepines such as diazepam, abruptly can be dangerous if your body has become dependent, and severe withdrawal symptoms can include seizures. Get medical advice before you cut down or stop. In a life-threatening emergency call 999 (or 112), and for urgent non-emergency advice call NHS 111. You do not have to pay to get help for alcohol addiction in Buckinghamshire. One Recovery Bucks is the free, confidential, NHS-commissioned drug and alcohol service and is the right first step for most people, with free peer support alongside it. Private residential rehab is faster and more intensive but costs from roughly £1,000 a week, and treatment abroad can cost less than a private UK stay. Below are the main treatment options, side by side. Who publishes this, and why it matters. This guide is published by Sierra Recovery. We are not based in Buckinghamshire, we are a residential centre in Humilladero, Málaga, Spain, and we are included below as one option among the local ones, clearly marked, for people who would consider treatment away from home. Unlike a directory, our list is not influenced by anyone paying for placement, and where a local option is better for you than we are, we say so. ## The picture in Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire is a large county in the South East, from Aylesbury and High Wycombe out to Amersham, Chesham, Marlow, Beaconsfield and the South Buckinghamshire towns beyond, and bordered by Milton Keynes, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Alcohol is the substance most people across the county seek help for, and much of that help is free at the point of use. Whether the concern is alcohol misuse, alcohol abuse, drug and alcohol addiction more broadly, or wider drug abuse, if you are worried about your own drinking, or someone else’s use of drugs or alcohol, the services below are the place to start. For published local figures on alcohol-related harm you can look at the [Local Alcohol Profiles for England](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-alcohol-profiles-for-england-lape), produced by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. ## Treatment options and free community support in Buckinghamshire Start here. These are free, local, and for a great many people looking to get help, they are enough on their own path to recovery. Service Area Type Setting Cost Access One Recovery Bucks adult drug & alcohol service Buckinghamshire NHS-commissioned Community Free Self-referral 0300 772 9672 One Recovery Bucks support for family & affected others Buckinghamshire Commissioned partnership Community Free 0300 772 9672 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) & Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings Aylesbury, High Wycombe & across Bucks Mutual aid Peer Free Walk in, no referral Your GP / NHS 111 Buckinghamshire NHS Access route Free GP or NHS 111 Information checked 25 July 2026. One Recovery Bucks is the drug and alcohol treatment service for Buckinghamshire, delivered by a partnership of Aquarius, Connection Support, Build on Belief and Inclusion (part of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust). AA and NA meeting finders are national; GP and NHS 111 are access routes to community treatment services and, where needed, referral into a residential rehab centre. ### Who each free service is for One Recovery Bucks is the main addiction treatment service for adults in the county who are affected by their own or someone else’s use of alcohol or drugs. It offers assessment, a keyworker, community detox where that is clinically suitable, counselling and groups, recovery and peer support through its partner organisations, and referral on to a residential detox or rehab centre where that is the right step. Because the partnership includes support for family members and affected others, you can reach out even if the person who is drinking is not ready to, and there is free lived-experience peer support to sit alongside any treatment programme. Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous run free meetings across Buckinghamshire, most days, and work well alongside formal treatment. Your GP or NHS 111 can start the process and advise on urgent situations. ## Private residential rehab and drug rehab for people in Buckinghamshire Residential detox and rehab for Buckinghamshire residents, whether the primary concern is alcohol addiction or drug rehab for another substance, are arranged either by referral through One Recovery Bucks, or privately at a treatment centre elsewhere. No private rehab centre in the county could be verified for this guide, and residential care almost always means travelling from home to a treatment centre whichever route you take, which is worth knowing when you weigh up treatment abroad. If you are looking at a specific UK private rehab facility, check its current registration, rating and location on the [Care Quality Commission register](https://www.cqc.org.uk/) before you commit to anything. ## Pros and cons of private rehab versus the free rehab service There is no single right rehab service for everyone, so weigh this up honestly. The main pros of private rehab are speed of admission, a fixed and personalised treatment plan, and detox and rehabilitation in one place. The main cons of private rehab are cost, and that residential care usually means leaving Buckinghamshire, at least for the length of the rehab programme, whether that stay is at a UK private rehab facility or abroad. The free route through One Recovery Bucks costs nothing and keeps you near home, but community treatment can involve waiting lists and is usually less intensive than a residential rehab programme. Either way, a personalised treatment plan and honest advice about the risk of relapse matter more than which option you pick first. ## What private rehab and rehabilitation programmes cost, as a guide These are indicative ranges from published UK directories and providers, not quotations. Every rehab centre sets its own fees, and prices change, so confirm directly. - Community detox and treatment through One Recovery Bucks: free. - Private residential rehab in the UK: commonly around £12,000 to £40,000 for a 28-day stay, or roughly £12,000 to £40,000 for a month, with luxury centres charging far more. - Sierra Recovery, Spain: £9,900 for a 28-day residential programme, private room included, with any hospital detox billed separately. Cost ranges checked 25 July 2026. Typical published UK ranges, not a quote for you. Please verify before you decide. Services, waiting times and prices change, and every centre sets its own fees. The figures here are drawn from providers’ own published information and public directory listings, dated above. Always confirm directly with the service or centre. Considering residential treatment abroad? ## Sierra Recovery, Málaga, Spain Most people who look abroad are not chasing sunshine. They are trying to get far enough away from the people, the places and the routine that keep the drinking or the using going, because they have already discovered that stopping while all of that is still fifteen minutes away does not hold. That distance is the whole point, and it is the one thing a clinic near Buckinghamshire cannot give you. Sierra Recovery is a working farmhouse on forty hectares of olive groves in the Málaga countryside, about forty five minutes from the airport and roughly three hours from most UK airports. It is small, the team is English-speaking, and the same clinicians treat you from the first day to the last. What follows is what that actually buys, stated plainly enough that you can compare it with anything else you are considering. What matters when comparing Sierra Recovery Is it actually licensed A registered health centre entered in the Registro Andaluz de Centros, Servicios y Establecimientos Sanitarios (the Andalusian register of health centres, services and establishments) under N.I.C.A. 67331, authorised by the Junta de Andalucía. You can look it up yourself on the public register. What it costs, in full £9,900 for the 28-day residential programme, published on the site up front. All rooms are individual. You get an itemised written quotation before admission. Who pays whom No referral fees are paid or accepted, in either direction. Nobody earns a commission for sending you here, which is worth checking about any centre you are comparing. What the clinical work is Three group sessions a day five days a week, individual therapy three times a week, and a seventeen-module psychoeducation curriculum. The approach adapts the method of PROMIS Clinics, treating addiction in the United Kingdom since 1986. Where the limits are It is not a hospital and not a detox unit. Where a medically supervised detox is clinically needed it is completed in an appropriate medical setting before admission and billed separately. Qualified nurses are part of the team throughout the stay. Who you speak to first Our admissions team, all of them clinicians, working to the standards set by our clinical director. The assessment is free, and if a service closer to home suits you better, we will say so. What happens afterwards Aftercare is agreed before you leave: a session every week for a full year, online or in person at the PROMIS clinics in London, which is more than 48 sessions in the twelve months after discharge. A written handover goes to your GP so nothing has to be explained from scratch. Every figure above is published elsewhere on this site and can be checked. See [pricing](/pricing/), [regulation and licensing](/regulation-and-licensing/) and [the programme](/our-programme-at-sierra-recovery/). ## Which treatment option is right for you Start with One Recovery Bucks if you are unsure, if cost is the barrier, or if you want to stay near family and work. Reach out to the family and affected-others support if you are worried about someone else’s drinking. Private residential rehab in the UK if you need detox and rehabilitation together under one roof, are not fit to fly, or need to stay close to home. Treatment abroad only if a private UK stay is out of reach, distance from your usual triggers would genuinely help, and you can travel and do not need an immediate hospital detox. Use AA or NA alongside whatever addiction treatment you choose, and lean on structured counselling wherever it is offered, since ongoing counselling and aftercare are what tend to support recovery once a programme ends. If treatment abroad is worth a conversation, our [admissions team](/admissions/) will talk it through honestly and tell you if it is not right for you. ## Get help finding rehab support in Buckinghamshire today Whichever route fits your situation, whether that is a free community service, a UK private rehab facility, or residential treatment abroad, the important step is to get help rather than wait. Families across the county can also reach out on behalf of someone else through the affected-others support above, and a good treatment plan will help you support your recovery long after the rehab programme itself ends. + ### Talk to a clinician today You will speak to our admissions team, all of them clinicians. Confidential and no obligation. We will tell you honestly whether this is the right place. [Speak to a clinician](/contact/) Or call us directly at [+44 1202 653136](tel:+441202653136) Registered health centre, N.I.C.A. 67331, entered in the Registro Andaluz de Centros, Servicios y Establecimientos Sanitarios. [How to check us](/regulation-and-licensing/). ## Sources and verification - [One Recovery Bucks](https://onerecoverybucks.org/), the free Buckinghamshire drug & alcohol service (self-referral 0300 772 9672, ORB@mpft.nhs.uk) - [Buckinghamshire Council](https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/), commissioner of local drug & alcohol support - [AA Great Britain](https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/) · [UK Narcotics Anonymous](https://ukna.org/), meeting finders - [Local Alcohol Profiles for England](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-alcohol-profiles-for-england-lape), Office for Health Improvement and Disparities - UK private residential price ranges, compiled from published provider and directory figures (not endorsements) - [CQC register](https://www.cqc.org.uk/), verify any private centre’s current rating and location - [Junta de Andalucía register](https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/salud/oficinavirtual/consulta/index.jsp), Sierra Recovery, N.I.C.A. 67331 · [Sierra pricing](/pricing/) All figures dated 25 July 2026. Each price should be confirmed on the provider’s own page before you rely on it. ## Questions people ask Is there free alcohol rehab in Buckinghamshire? Yes. One Recovery Bucks is the free, confidential, NHS-commissioned drug and alcohol service for adults across Buckinghamshire, delivered in partnership by Aquarius, Connection Support, Build on Belief and Inclusion (part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust). You can refer yourself by calling 0300 772 9672 or emailing ORB@mpft.nhs.uk, without going through your GP first. It offers assessment, a named worker, community detox where clinically suitable, groups and recovery support, and referral on to residential care where that is the right step. Is there a private residential rehab based in Buckinghamshire? The free county service is community-based rather than a residential clinic, and a residential stay almost always means travelling, whether it is arranged by referral through One Recovery Bucks or funded privately at a centre elsewhere in the South East. Private centres are best compared on the Care Quality Commission register, which shows each one's registration, location and inspection rating. If you see a centre advertised as a Buckinghamshire rehab, check on the Care Quality Commission register where it is actually located and how it is rated before you commit. How much does private alcohol rehab cost? As an indication, published UK directories list private residential rehab in England at roughly £12,000 to £40,000 a month, with little that is credible under £10,000 a month. These are indicative ranges from public listings, not quotations, and every centre sets its own fees. Budget separately for a medically supervised detox where one is needed, as that is often billed apart from the rehabilitation programme itself. Where can families and friends get help in Buckinghamshire? One Recovery Bucks supports family members and carers who are worried about someone else, and you can contact it on 0300 772 9672. Al-Anon Family Groups run free peer-support meetings for the families and friends of people who drink, with a helpline on 0800 0086 811. Nacoa (0800 358 3456) helps anyone affected by a parent's drinking. You do not need the person who is drinking to be ready for help before you seek support for yourself. Is it safe to stop drinking on my own? Not always. If you are physically dependent on alcohol or benzodiazepines, stopping suddenly can be dangerous, and withdrawal can cause seizures that become life-threatening. Speak to your GP, One Recovery Bucks, or NHS 111 before you cut down, so any detox can be done safely with medical support. In an emergency call 999 or 112. + ## Talk to a clinician today You will speak to our admissions team, English-speaking clinicians who know the programme and the people in it. Callback within 24 hours. Step 1 of 3 Confidential, and no obligation Registered health centre. Authorised by the Junta de Andalucía, N.I.C.A. 67331. ### Other areas we cover - [Bedfordshire](/alcohol-rehab-bedfordshire/) - [Bedford](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-bedford/) - [Luton](/alcohol-rehab-luton/) - [Hertfordshire](/alcohol-rehab-hertfordshire/) - [Watford](/alcohol-rehab-watford/) - [Cambridgeshire](/alcohol-rehab-cambridgeshire/) See every location in our [local treatment guides](/local-treatment-guides/), or compare what treatment costs in [the UK](/how-much-does-rehab-cost-in-the-uk/). ### Related pages [Admissions](/admissions/)[Pricing](/pricing/)[Regulation & licensing](/regulation-and-licensing/)[Rehab: UK vs Spain](/rehab-uk-vs-spain/)[Assessment & detox](/medical-assessment-and-detox/)[Our programme](/our-programme-at-sierra-recovery/) --- Source: https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/alcohol-rehab-buckinghamshire/ Retrieved: 2026-08-27 Canonical HTML version of this page: https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/alcohol-rehab-buckinghamshire/