# Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Bali | Sierra Recovery > Drug and alcohol rehab in Bali: free BNN and AA/NA options, the honest private reality, real costs, and how treatment abroad compares. An impartial guide. The honest guide # Drug and alcohol rehab in Bali What treatment for addiction actually looks like in Bali: the free and public options first, the private residential rehab reality, honest costs, and where a residential treatment centre abroad fits in as a treatment option. Written to help you choose a rehab, not to sell you a flight. [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 abruptly can be dangerous if your body has become dependent, severe withdrawal can cause seizures. Get medical advice before you stop. In a life-threatening emergency in Bali call 112 (or ask for an ambulance on 119). If you are reading this from the UK, call 999 or NHS 111. You do not have to pay a private clinic to get help in Bali. Indonesia’s national drug agency, the BNN, runs free drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and there are free English-speaking 12-step AA and NA meetings and a local harm-reduction charity across the island. Private residential rehab in Bali does exist and is marketed heavily to foreigners as a luxury rehab experience, but it is unregulated in the way UK or Spanish care is, and prices vary enormously. Below are the real options for anyone struggling with addiction, side by side, so you can compare each treatment option on its merits. Who publishes this, and why it matters. This guide is published by Sierra Recovery. We are not based in Bali. We are a registered residential centre in Humilladero, Málaga, Spain, and we appear near the end 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 the better fit for you, we say so. ## Addiction help in Bali: the local picture Bali sits within Indonesia, which has some of the strictest drug laws in the world. That legal backdrop shapes how addiction treatment and addiction recovery work on the island of Bali, most formal help runs through the national drug agency or through health services and charities, rather than a large open private-clinic market. It also means being cautious and confidential matters. None of this changes the fact that help is available, and that the free routes are the right first step for a great many people beginning a recovery journey, wherever that journey eventually leads. ### Speak to a clinician about treatment from Bali Confidential, no obligation, and no referral fee is paid to anyone for sending you here. [Speak to a clinician](#talk)[+44 1202 653136](tel:+441202653136) ## Free drug and alcohol services in Bali Start here, before you consider paying for anything. These services are free, they are local, and for a great many people they are enough on their own. We publish them because a centre that only tells you about its own programme is not giving you the full picture. Where to go What they do, and how to reach them [BNN (Badan Narkotika Nasional)](https://bnn.go.id/) the commissioning authority Free drug and alcohol treatment for Bali is commissioned by BNN (Badan Narkotika Nasional). Their page lists the current provider, which changes when contracts are retendered, so we link the authority rather than a service name that may be out of date. Your GP, or NHS 111 The NHS advises starting with your GP, who can assess you, advise on safe options and refer you into local treatment. Call NHS 111 for urgent advice that is not an emergency. [Talk to FRANK](https://www.talktofrank.com/get-help/find-support-near-you) Free, confidential drugs advice 24 hours a day on 0300 123 6600, or text 82111. Its find-support tool lists local services for any postcode. Drinkline The free national alcohol helpline on 0300 123 1110, weekdays 9am to 8pm and weekends 11am to 4pm, for you or for someone you are worried about. [We Are With You](https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/) Free, confidential support for drug, alcohol and mental health problems, in person in many areas and by webchat everywhere. [Adfam](https://adfam.org.uk/) Support and information for families and friends affected by someone else’s drug or alcohol use. Checked 28 July 2026. Commissioned services are retendered periodically, so confirm the current provider with the authority before you travel to an appointment. ## AA and NA meetings in Bali Mutual aid meetings are free, they run most days, and there is no waiting list, no referral and no assessment. You can walk into one this week. They work alongside whatever else you choose rather than instead of it, and plenty of people use them and nothing else. Fellowship How to find a meeting near Bali Alcoholics Anonymous Search your town or postcode on the [Alcoholics Anonymous Bali](https://aabali.org/) site to see every meeting near Bali, in person and online, with days and times. Narcotics Anonymous If drugs are part of the picture, search the [Narcotics Anonymous Indonesia](https://naindonesia.org/) site for meetings near Bali. ### What actually happens at a first meeting You do not have to speak, and you do not have to give your surname. Most meetings open with a reading, someone shares for a while, and others speak if they want to. It lasts about an hour, and it is free, though a basket goes round for the room hire. Nobody takes a register and nobody will ask you to commit to anything. An open meeting can be attended by anyone, including family. A closed meeting is for people who think they may have a problem themselves. If the first group does not suit you, the next one along will feel different, because each has its own character. The usual advice is to try three before deciding it is not for you. We link the official finders rather than print a timetable, because meeting times and venues change and a stale listing sends someone to a locked door. Checked 28 July 2026. ## Private residential rehab in Bali: the honest reality Yes, private residential treatment centres do operate in Bali, and several are marketed specifically to English-speaking foreigners as a rehab centre for a luxury retreat-style stay. The setting is appealing and some employ experienced Western counsellors, with marketing that often points to a holistic, therapeutic approach to addiction treatment alongside more conventional talking therapy. But there are honest points to weigh before you choose a rehab facility here. Bali is not covered by an equivalent of the UK’s CQC or Spain’s regional health registers, so oversight is lighter and quality varies widely between centres. Standards of medical detox, staff qualifications and clinical governance are not something you can check against a single public regulator, so you have to verify each centre and its range of specialist treatment services yourself. Ask who provides medical cover, whether detox is doctor-supervised, what the clinical staff are qualified in, whether individual treatment plans and evidence-based, therapeutic work are on offer for drug addiction and alcohol addiction alike, whether any dual diagnosis or wider mental health conditions are properly assessed, how relapse is planned for, and how continuing care works once you leave the island. Indonesia has been developing national treatment standards, which is a positive sign, but oversight is newer and less established than the systems UK and European clients may be used to. Treat glossy marketing with the same caution you would anywhere, whatever a brochure promises about lasting recovery or comprehensive drug and alcohol care, and confirm licensing and medical arrangements in writing before you commit to any residential rehab programme, whichever centre in Bali you are considering. In practice, the phrases you will see used across private drug and alcohol rehab listings in Bali, an alcohol rehab in Bali, a drug rehab, a rehab centre in Bali, alcohol treatment in Bali, a drug and alcohol rehab centre, or simply a rehab program in Bali, mostly describe the same small pool of foreigner-facing centres rather than distinct regulated categories. For individuals struggling with addiction, and for the families supporting them, that makes independent verification more important than the label on the website. ## What treatment in Bali costs The free and charity routes above cost nothing. Private residential rehab in Bali is a different picture: published listings for international-facing centres vary a great deal, commonly running from several thousand pounds a month into much higher luxury tiers, with flights, visas and any medical detox usually billed on top. Because oversight is lighter, price is not a reliable guide to clinical quality here, a higher fee can reflect villas and pools rather than better care, and a lower or more affordable residential treatment listing is not automatically a red flag either. Cost ranges are indicative, drawn from public directory listings and vary by centre. They are not quotations. Confirm the exact fee, and what it includes, directly with any centre before you rely on it. Please verify before you decide. Services, waiting times and prices change, and every centre sets its own fees and standards. The figures here are drawn from published information and public directory listings, dated above. Always confirm directly with the service or centre, and check who provides medical cover. 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 Bali 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 option is right for you Start with the free routes in Bali, the BNN, or an English-speaking AA or NA 12-step meeting, if cost is the barrier, if you are on the island already, or if you simply want to talk to someone this week about breaking the cycle of addiction. Yakeba if you want community outreach and harm-reduction support. Private residential in Bali, whether described as alcohol rehabilitation in Bali or wider drug and alcohol treatment, if you want an intensive residential rehab stay locally on the island and are willing to verify the centre’s medical cover and licensing yourself. Treatment in Europe, such as Sierra in Spain, only if you want the reassurance of a properly regulated treatment centre offering structured rehabilitation, with a public health register and English-speaking clinical governance, can travel, and do not need an immediate hospital detox on arrival. Use AA or NA alongside whatever you choose, staying connected to sober, mutual-aid support and, where a centre offers them, recovery coaches, matters as much for addiction and mental health together as any single programme, and it helps guard against relapse once formal treatment ends. Whichever way you lean, a short honest conversation about healing and recovery costs nothing, you can talk it through with us through [admissions](/admissions/), and we will point you to a local route if that serves you better. ## Sources and verification - [BNN (Badan Narkotika Nasional)](https://bnn.go.id/), national drug agency, free rehabilitation services - [Narcotics Anonymous Indonesia](https://naindonesia.org/), meeting finder covering Bali, English-language meetings - [Alcoholics Anonymous Bali](https://aabali.org/), English-language meeting schedule - [Yakeba (Yayasan Kesehatan Bali)](https://yakeba.org/), drug, alcohol and HIV charity - [UNODC](https://www.unodc.org/unodc/drug-prevention-and-treatment/), on drug dependence treatment standards in Indonesia - Bali emergency numbers: 112 (all emergencies), 119 (medical emergency / ambulance) - [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. Confirm each service, standard and price on the provider’s own page before you rely on it. + ### 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 a centre abroad, or a local option, is the right fit. [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. [Look us up](https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/salud/oficinavirtual/consulta/index.jsp). ## Questions people ask Is there free drug and alcohol rehab in Bali? Yes. Indonesia's national drug agency, the BNN (Badan Narkotika Nasional), provides free medical and social rehabilitation, and it has a provincial office in Bali. There are also free English-speaking AA and NA meetings across the island and a local charity, Yakeba, offering outreach and harm-reduction support. For many people these free routes are the right first step, whether you live in Bali or are visiting. Are there private rehab centres in Bali for foreigners? Yes, private residential rehab centres operate in Bali and several market themselves to English-speaking foreigners. The setting is appealing and some employ experienced Western counsellors, but Bali has no equivalent of the UK's CQC or Spain's regional health register, so oversight is lighter and quality varies. Verify each centre yourself: ask who provides medical cover, whether detox is doctor-supervised, what the clinical staff are qualified in, and how aftercare works once you leave. How much does rehab cost in Bali? The BNN and charity routes are free. Private residential rehab in Bali varies widely: published listings for international-facing centres commonly run from several thousand pounds a month into much higher luxury tiers, with flights, visas and any medical detox usually charged on top. Because oversight is lighter, a higher price does not reliably mean better clinical care. Always confirm the exact fee, and what it includes, directly with the centre. Is it safe to detox from alcohol or drugs by myself in Bali? If your body has become dependent on alcohol or benzodiazepines, stopping suddenly can be dangerous and can cause seizures, so do not stop without medical advice. Get assessed by a doctor first. In a life-threatening emergency in Bali, call 112, or ask for a health emergency ambulance on 119. A medically supervised detox should always be arranged through a qualified medical service. Should I travel abroad for rehab instead of getting treatment in Bali? Not necessarily. Start with the free local routes in Bali if cost is the barrier or you want help this week. Consider treatment in Europe, such as Sierra Recovery in Spain, only if you want the reassurance of a public health register and English-speaking clinical governance, can travel, and do not need an immediate hospital detox on arrival. Sierra is a registered health centre in Malaga (N.I.C.A. 67331) with a published 28-day programme at 9,900 pounds and no referral fees. We will tell you honestly if a local option serves you better. ### From Bali, admission can happen within days Where no medical detox is needed first, the usual sequence is a free assessment, an itemised written quotation, and a flight. Málaga is around three hours from most UK airports. Where a detox is needed it is arranged first and that changes the timing, and we will tell you so at assessment, before you book anything. [How admission works](/admissions/) [Getting here from the UK](/travelling-to-spain-for-treatment/) ### Still not sure which option fits you in Bali? Tell a clinician what is going on and they will talk it through with you, including the free routes above, before anything is booked. [Speak to a clinician](#talk)[+44 1202 653136](tel:+441202653136) + ## 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 - [Thailand](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-thailand/) - [Sydney](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-sydney/) - [New South Wales](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-new-south-wales/) - [Orange](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-orange/) See every location in our [local treatment guides](/local-treatment-guides/), or compare what treatment costs in [other countries](/what-does-rehab-actually-cost/). ### Related pages [Pricing](/pricing/)[Our programme](/our-programme-at-sierra-recovery/)[Regulation & licensing](/regulation-and-licensing/)[Rehab: UK vs Spain](/rehab-uk-vs-spain/)[Treatment abroad](/rehab-uk-vs-spain/)[Admissions](/admissions/) --- Source: https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-bali/ Retrieved: 2026-08-27 Canonical HTML version of this page: https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-bali/