# Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Crawley | Sierra Recovery

> Drug and alcohol rehab in Crawley: free NHS and council services, AA and NA, private residential and treatment abroad compared, with indicative costs and.

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An honest local guide

# Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Crawley: the honest guide

Every route to help for drink or drugs in Crawley, side by side: the free NHS and council services that are the right first step for most people, mutual-aid support groups, what private residential rehab actually costs, and where addiction treatment abroad fits in. Sierra Recovery is a residential rehabilitation centre in Málaga, Spain, so we say plainly where a local rehab clinic serves you better.

[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 you are physically dependent, as severe withdrawal can cause seizures. Get medical advice before you cut down. In a life-threatening emergency call 999 (or 112), and for urgent non-emergency advice call NHS 111. A supervised alcohol or drug detox exists to manage withdrawal symptoms and keep you safe, not simply to make you comfortable.

You do not have to pay to get help in Crawley. The West Sussex Drug & Alcohol Wellbeing Network, run for the NHS by Change Grow Live, is free, confidential and the right first step for most people, and Crawley Borough Council runs a free local alcohol service alongside it. Private residential rehab is faster and more intensive but costs from around £12,000 a month in England, and residential addiction treatment abroad can cost less than a private UK stay. The main rehab options are compared below.

Who publishes this, and why it matters. This guide is published by Sierra Recovery. We are not based in Crawley. We are a residential rehabilitation centre in Málaga, Spain, and we are included further down 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 rehab option is better for you than we are, we say so.

## The picture in Crawley

Crawley sits in West Sussex, and drug and alcohol addiction treatment for its residents is commissioned across the county rather than run from a single Crawley clinic. In practice that means most people start with a free community service, get an initial assessment (sometimes called a screening process) and a keyworker, and are referred on to a residential detox or rehab programme only when that is the right clinical step. Addiction can involve both physical and psychological dependence, and the right level of care, from community outpatient support through to residential rehab, depends on that assessment. There is a great deal of free, local help before anyone needs to think about paying, and it is worth using it first.

### Speak to a clinician about treatment from Crawley

Confidential, no obligation, and no referral fee is paid to anyone for sending you here.

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## Free drug and alcohol services in Crawley

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

[Change Grow Live](https://www.changegrowlive.org/service/west-sussex-drug-alcohol/info)
the commissioning authority

Free drug and alcohol treatment for Crawley is commissioned by Change Grow Live. 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 Crawley

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 Crawley

Alcoholics Anonymous

Search your town or postcode on the [AA Great Britain meeting finder](https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/find-a-meeting/) to see every meeting near Crawley, in person and online, with days and times. The helpline is free on 0800 917 7650.

Narcotics Anonymous

If drugs are part of the picture, search the [UK Narcotics Anonymous meeting finder](https://meetings.ukna.org/) for meetings near Crawley. The helpline is 0300 999 1212.

Cocaine Anonymous

For cocaine and crack specifically, in person and online, with a national helpline on 0800 612 0225. See [Cocaine Anonymous UK](https://www.cocaineanonymous.org.uk/).

SMART Recovery

A secular, CBT-based alternative to the twelve-step approach, free, in person and online. Some people much prefer it, and you are not required to choose one. See [SMART Recovery UK](https://smartrecovery.org.uk/).

Al-Anon

For the family and friends of someone drinking, which is its own burden and deserves its own support. See [Al-Anon UK](https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/).

### 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 for people in Crawley

There is no residential rehab clinic based in Crawley itself. Residential detox and inpatient rehab for Crawley residents happen either by referral through the free service above, or privately at rehab facilities elsewhere. The nearest private residential rehab options sit further out across Surrey and Sussex and in London. In practice a residential stay, whether inpatient rehab in the UK or private addiction treatment abroad, almost always means travelling, which is worth keeping in mind when you weigh up treatment abroad.

## What private treatment costs

As an indicative guide, published UK directories list residential rehab in England from around £12,000 to £40,000 a month, rising much higher at the luxury end, with very little credible below £10,000 a month. These are typical published ranges, not quotations, and every centre sets its own fees. Private UK residential providers are typically registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the sector's regulator for health and care services in England; it is worth checking a provider's own CQC status before booking. Funding routes for private and NHS addiction treatment are usually self-pay, private medical insurance where a policy covers it, or, less commonly, a fully funded NHS placement arranged through the community service after assessment.

Cost ranges checked 25 July 2026. Indicative published figures from public directories, not quotations.

How long rehab lasts varies by provider and by need: many UK residential programmes run for around 28 days, with some shorter and some longer depending on the clinical assessment, and aftercare support typically continues well beyond the residential stay itself.

Please verify before you decide. Services, waiting times and prices change, and every centre sets its own fees. The figures here are drawn from each provider’s 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 Crawley 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 West Sussex Drug & Alcohol Wellbeing Network if you are unsure, if cost is the barrier, or if you want to stay near family and work. Crawley Wellbeing Alcohol Service if drinking is the concern and you want quick, local advice. Private residential rehab in the UK if you need detox and rehab 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 help, and you can travel and do not need an immediate hospital detox. Use AA or NA support groups alongside whatever you choose, and think ahead to your aftercare and relapse-prevention plan wherever your recovery journey takes you.

If treatment away from home is worth considering for you, our admissions team will talk it through honestly, with no obligation. [See how admission to Sierra Recovery works](/admissions/).

## Finding the right drug and alcohol rehab near Crawley

Whichever term brought you here, whether you were searching for alcohol rehab in Crawley, drug rehab in Crawley, a drug and alcohol rehab centre near Crawley, or rehab facilities further afield, the realistic picture for Crawley residents is the same: free NHS and council addiction treatment first, mutual-aid support groups alongside it, and private residential rehab, in the UK or abroad, as the more intensive step when that is what is needed. There is no single drug and alcohol rehab centre in Crawley itself, so every path above involves travelling somewhere, even the free community one; the difference is cost, intensity and distance from home.

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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).

## Sources and verification

- [Change Grow Live](https://www.changegrowlive.org/service/west-sussex-drug-alcohol/info), West Sussex Drug & Alcohol Wellbeing Network (free, covers Crawley; self-referral via its website)

- [Crawley Wellbeing Alcohol Service](https://crawley.westsussexwellbeing.org.uk/topics/alcohol/alcohol-service), Crawley Borough Council (01293 585317)

- [West Sussex County Council](https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/keeping-healthy-and-well/drug-and-alcohol-support/), drug and alcohol support directory

- [Alcoholics Anonymous Great Britain](https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/) · [UK Narcotics Anonymous](https://ukna.org/), meeting finders

- [NHS 111](https://111.nhs.uk/), urgent non-emergency advice and access to community treatment

- UK private residential price ranges, compiled from published provider and directory figures (indicative, not endorsements)

- [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’s details and any price on the provider’s own page before you rely on it.

## Questions people ask

Is there a drug and alcohol rehab in Crawley?

There is no residential rehab centre based in Crawley itself. Free help is available locally: the West Sussex Drug & Alcohol Wellbeing Network, run for the NHS by Change Grow Live, covers Crawley (self-referral 0330 128 1113), and the council-run Crawley Wellbeing Alcohol Service offers free alcohol support. A residential detox or rehab stay is arranged either by referral through the free service, or privately at centres elsewhere in Surrey, Sussex or London, so it almost always means travelling.

Is drug and alcohol treatment free in Crawley?

Yes. The West Sussex Drug & Alcohol Wellbeing Network is NHS-commissioned, free and confidential, and open to anyone in Crawley struggling with alcohol or drugs; you can refer yourself on 0330 128 1113. The council-run Crawley Wellbeing Alcohol Service (01293 585317) is also free. AA and NA meetings are free with no referral, and your GP or NHS 111 can start the process at no cost.

How much does private residential rehab cost?

Indicative published UK directory ranges put residential rehab in England at roughly £12,000 to £40,000 a month, higher at the luxury end, with little credible below £10,000 a month. These are typical published figures, not quotations. For comparison, Sierra Recovery in Malaga, Spain publishes a fixed price of £9,900 for a 28-day residential programme, private room included; any hospital detox is arranged and billed separately.

Is it safe to stop drinking or come off benzodiazepines on my own?

Not if you are physically dependent. Stopping alcohol or benzodiazepines suddenly can cause severe, sometimes dangerous withdrawal, including seizures. Get medical advice before you cut down. In a life-threatening emergency call 999 or 112, and for urgent non-emergency advice call NHS 111. The free West Sussex service can arrange a community detox where that is clinically suitable, or refer you on for a supervised detox.

What is Sierra Recovery and where is it?

Sierra Recovery is a registered health centre in Humilladero, Malaga, Spain. It treats in English, using a clinical model drawn from PROMIS Clinics in the UK, founded by Robin Lefever. It is a residential rehabilitation centre, not a hospital or detox unit: any medically supervised detox is completed elsewhere before admission, with nurses on the team during the stay. The programme is £9,900 for 28 days, published, with no referral fees; the director is Nerea Encinas Sánchez.

### From Crawley, 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 Crawley?

Tell a clinician what is going on and they will talk it through with you, including the free routes above, before anything is booked.

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### Other areas we cover

- [Worthing](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-worthing/)

- [Maidstone](/alcohol-rehab-maidstone/)

- [Woking](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-woking/)

- [Basingstoke](/alcohol-rehab-basingstoke/)

- [Southampton](/alcohol-rehab-southampton/)

- [Oxfordshire](/alcohol-rehab-oxfordshire/)

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

[Pricing](/pricing/)[Regulation & licensing](/regulation-and-licensing/)[Our programme](/our-programme-at-sierra-recovery/)[Rehab: UK vs Spain](/rehab-uk-vs-spain/)[Cost of rehab in Spain](/how-much-does-rehab-cost-in-spain/)[Admissions](/admissions/)

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