# Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Brisbane | Sierra Recovery > Drug and alcohol rehab in Brisbane compared: free Queensland Health and ADIS services, AA and NA, private residential costs, and one honest option abroad. [Home](/) / [Local treatment guides](/local-treatment-guides/) / Brisbane Treatment options in Brisbane # Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Brisbane: the honest guide The real routes to drug and alcohol help in Brisbane, from free Queensland Health and community services and peer support to private residential rehab and treatment abroad, with indicative costs and how to access each. [See the options](#options)[ADIS Queensland 1800 177 833](tel:1800177833) 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 you are physically dependent, because severe withdrawal can cause seizures. Get medical advice first. In a life-threatening emergency call 000 (112 also works from a mobile). For free 24-hour health advice call healthdirect on 1800 022 222, and for confidential alcohol and drug support call ADIS Queensland on 1800 177 833. You do not have to pay to get help in Brisbane. Queensland’s public alcohol and drug service is free with a Medicare card, and there is free 24-hour phone support and free peer support as well. Free counselling, outpatient treatment and community-based alcohol detox are all available before private cost ever needs to enter the conversation. Private residential rehab in Brisbane is faster and more intensive but is commonly advertised from around A$12,000 for a 28-day stay, rising well beyond that at the premium end, and the average cost of inpatient rehab tends to track how medically supervised the detox and daily programme are. A residential programme abroad can cost less than a private Australian stay. Below are the main treatment options, side by side, so you can weigh the free routes against private rehab cost and choose whichever is tailored to your needs. Who publishes this, and why it matters. This guide is published by Sierra Recovery. We are not based in Brisbane, we are a registered residential centre in 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, we take no referral fees, and where a local option is better for you than we are, we say so. ## The picture in Brisbane Brisbane, as Queensland’s capital, is served by a well-established public alcohol and other drugs system covering both inpatient and outpatient care. Most of the public treatment across the inner city and northern suburbs is delivered through Metro North Health’s Alcohol and Drug Service, alongside state-funded charities such as Lives Lived Well and a wide network of mutual-aid meetings. The result is that a person in Brisbane has genuine free routes to assessment, counselling, community withdrawal support and, where clinically needed, a public inpatient detox bed, before private cost ever enters the conversation. Whether the substance involved is alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, heroin or another opioid, the same public front doors apply, and dual-diagnosis support is available where a mental health condition sits alongside the substance use. Because services, waiting times and eligibility change, always confirm the current position directly with the service. ### Speak to a clinician about treatment from Brisbane 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 Brisbane 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 [ADIS (Alcohol and Drug Information Service) Queensland](https://adis.health.qld.gov.au/) the commissioning authority Free drug and alcohol treatment for Brisbane is commissioned by ADIS (Alcohol and Drug Information Service) Queensland. 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 Brisbane 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 Brisbane Alcoholics Anonymous Search your town or postcode on the [Alcoholics Anonymous Central Service Office Brisbane](https://csobrisbane.org/) site to see every meeting near Brisbane, in person and online, with days and times. Narcotics Anonymous If drugs are part of the picture, search the [Narcotics Anonymous Australia](https://www.na.org.au/) site for meetings near Brisbane. ### 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 Brisbane Unlike some places, Brisbane does have private residential rehabilitation centres in and around the city, and there are further options along the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast within easy reach. Private residential rehab offers a bed, a structured daily programme and, at many centres, medically managed detox under one roof, usually with shorter waits than the public system. Private rehab facilities generally combine individual and group therapy, and some private health insurance policies contribute towards the cost, alongside payment options such as instalment plans at some centres, though every private drug and alcohol rehab sets its own payment terms. No individual private centre is named or ranked here. Verify any centre’s current registration and how it handles insurance and payment before you decide, and speak to more than one treatment centre, and more than one of the private rehab centres in the wider south-east Queensland area, before you commit. As a guide to cost, published Australian directories commonly advertise private residential rehab in Brisbane from around A$12,000 for a 28-day stay at the lower end, with mid-tier and premium facilities in the larger cities reported at roughly A$15,000 to A$55,000 for 28 days, and luxury or executive centres higher again. These are indicative published ranges for the cost of rehab, not quotations, and every centre sets its own fees. Cost ranges checked the date above. Typical published Australian directory figures, not quotations or endorsements. Please verify before you decide. Services, waiting times and prices change, and every centre sets its own fees. The figures here are drawn from public directories and each provider’s own published information, 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 Brisbane 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/). ## Common questions about drug and alcohol rehab in Brisbane Is alcohol rehab free in Brisbane? Yes, for many people. Free alcohol rehab and outpatient rehab are available through Metro North’s Alcohol and Drug Service and Lives Lived Well, and ADIS can point you to the right free service. Private residential rehab is the paid alternative when a bed, structured programme and on-site alcohol detox are needed faster than the public system can offer. What does private rehab cost in Brisbane? Published Australian directories put the average cost of a private drug rehab or alcohol rehab stay in Brisbane from around A$12,000 for a 28-day residential rehab programme at the lower end, rising to A$15,000 to A$55,000 for 28 days at mid-tier and premium treatment centres. These are indicative figures, not a quotation, so always confirm rehab cost directly with the centre. What is the difference between inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab? Inpatient rehab, sometimes called residential rehab, means living at the treatment centre for the length of the treatment programme, with medically managed detox available on site at many private rehab facilities. Outpatient rehab, including the community withdrawal management offered free by Metro North, lets you keep living at home while attending an addiction treatment or alcohol addiction programme on a set schedule, which suits people with a stable, supportive home environment. Does private health insurance cover rehab treatment? Some private health insurance policies contribute towards private residential rehab, and some centres offer their own payment options, but cover varies by policy and every private rehab centre sets its own payment terms, so check with your insurer and the centre directly before you commit to a treatment plan. Is treatment abroad a legitimate addiction rehab option? It can be, for the right person. A registered residential rehab centre abroad, such as Sierra Recovery in Spain, follows the same principle as any addiction rehab: a structured treatment programme, qualified staff and a genuine focus on long-term recovery, not just a change of scenery. It is one option among several, not a replacement for the free services above when they are enough. What does inpatient treatment actually involve day to day? At a genuine residential rehab, inpatient treatment typically means a structured daily programme of individual and group therapy, education about addiction and relapse, and, where clinically needed, medically managed detox, all under one roof rather than fitted around work or family life. That structure is the main advantage over outpatient rehab, and part of why addiction recovery through a residential stay tends to move faster for people who need to step fully away from their usual environment. ## Which option is right for you Start with the free Queensland service or ADIS if you are unsure, if cost is the barrier, or if you want to stay near family and work. Lives Lived Well if you want free counselling, a day programme, or a residential stay through Logan House. Private residential in Brisbane if you need detox and rehab together quickly and want to stay close to home. Treatment abroad only if a private Australian stay is out of reach, distance would help, and you can travel and do not need an immediate hospital detox. Use AA or NA alongside whatever you choose. Whichever route you choose, the aim is the same: a treatment plan and a recovery process that is genuinely tailored to your needs and gives you the best chance of long-term recovery, not just the option that is easiest to book. If you would like to talk through whether a residential programme in Spain fits your situation, our team will give you an honest answer, including when a Brisbane option would serve you better. [See how admission works](/admissions/). Whichever service or clinic you contact first, a proper intake will ask about the substance involved, whether that is alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, heroin, or a prescription drug, alongside your general health and any psychiatric history, so the treatment plan that follows actually fits the patient rather than a generic template. + ### Talk to a clinician You will speak to our admissions team, all of them clinicians. Confidential, no obligation, and we will tell you honestly whether this is the right place. [How admission works](/admissions/) ### Free help in Brisbane, right now - [ADIS Queensland · 1800 177 833](tel:1800177833) - [National AOD Hotline · 1800 250 015](tel:1800250015) - [healthdirect · 1800 022 222](tel:1800022222) - Emergency · 000 Registered health centre, N.I.C.A. 67331, entered in the Registro Andaluz de Centros, Servicios y Establecimientos Sanitarios. [How we are regulated](/regulation-and-licensing/). ## Sources and verification - [ADIS (Alcohol and Drug Information Service) Queensland](https://adis.health.qld.gov.au/), free 24/7 support, 1800 177 833 - [Metro North Health Alcohol and Drug Service](https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/hospitals-services/alcohol-and-drug-service), Biala Brisbane City Community Health Centre and Hospital Alcohol and Drug Service (RBWH) - [Lives Lived Well](https://www.liveslivedwell.org.au/), free counselling and residential rehabilitation (Logan House), 1300 727 957 - [National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline](https://www.health.gov.au/contacts/national-alcohol-and-other-drug-hotline), 1800 250 015 - [Alcoholics Anonymous Central Service Office Brisbane](https://csobrisbane.org/) · [Narcotics Anonymous Australia](https://www.na.org.au/), free meetings - [healthdirect](https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/), free 24-hour health advice, 1800 022 222 - Australian private residential price ranges, compiled from published directory figures (indicative, not endorsements) - [Junta de Andalucía health 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 drug and alcohol rehab in Brisbane? Yes. Queensland's public alcohol and drug service is free with a Medicare card. You can reach it through ADIS Queensland on 1800 177 833, through Metro North's service at the Biala Community Health Centre on Roma Street, or through the charity Lives Lived Well on 1300 727 957. Free counselling, community withdrawal support and, by referral, a public inpatient detox bed are all available before private cost enters the picture. AA and NA meetings across Brisbane are also free. How much does private rehab cost in Brisbane? Published Australian directories commonly advertise private residential rehab in Brisbane from around A$12,000 for a 28-day stay at the lower end, with mid-tier and premium facilities in the larger cities reported at roughly A$15,000 to A$55,000 for 28 days, and luxury centres higher again. These are indicative published ranges, not quotations. Every centre sets its own fees, so confirm directly. Can I go to a public detox in Brisbane? Yes. Metro North Health offers community (outpatient) withdrawal management for suitable cases, and the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital runs the Hospital Alcohol and Drug Service, Queensland's statewide public inpatient detox unit, accessed by referral. Start with ADIS on 1800 177 833 or your GP. If you are physically dependent on alcohol or benzodiazepines, do not stop suddenly, because withdrawal can be dangerous. Is Sierra Recovery based in Brisbane? No. Sierra Recovery is a registered residential health centre in Humilladero, Malaga, Spain (Junta de Andalucía N.I.C.A. 67331). We are included in this guide as one honest option for people who would consider treatment abroad, clearly marked, after the local Brisbane options. We take no referral fees, and where a Brisbane service is the better fit we say so. Is it worth going abroad for rehab from Australia? It can be, for cost and distance. Sierra Recovery's residential programme is a published GBP 9,900 for 28 days, which sits below much of the Australian private market, and being far from home can help in early recovery. It is not right for everyone. It is not suitable if you need an immediate hospital detox or are not fit to fly, and any medically supervised detox must be completed first in an appropriate setting. ### From Brisbane, 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 Brisbane? 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 - [Gold Coast](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-gold-coast/) - [Sunshine Coast](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-sunshine-coast/) - [Toowoomba](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-toowoomba/) - [Townsville](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-townsville/) - [Rockhampton](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-rockhampton/) See every location in our [local treatment guides](/local-treatment-guides/), or compare what treatment costs in [Australia](/how-much-does-rehab-cost-in-australia/). ### Related pages [Pricing](/pricing/)[Regulation & licensing](/regulation-and-licensing/)[Our programme](/our-programme-at-sierra-recovery/)[Dual diagnosis](/dual-diagnosis-rehab-spain/)[Travelling to Spain](/travelling-to-spain-for-treatment/)[Admissions](/admissions/) --- Source: https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-brisbane/ Retrieved: 2026-08-27 Canonical HTML version of this page: https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-brisbane/