# Drug & Alcohol Rehab in Worthing | Sierra Recovery > Drug and alcohol rehab options for Worthing: free West Sussex NHS and council services, AA and NA, private rehab costs, and one honest option abroad. [Home](/) › [Areas we serve](/travelling-to-spain-for-treatment/) › Worthing Areas we serve · West Sussex # Drug and alcohol rehab in Worthing: the honest guide Every route to treatment for people in Worthing, side by side: the free West Sussex NHS and council services, peer support, the reality of private residential rehab, and one clearly marked option abroad. We are a residential centre in Málaga, Spain, not a Worthing clinic, and this guide tells you honestly which option fits. 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. You do not have to pay for treatment in Worthing. If you are worried about your own or a loved one's drug abuse or drinking, the free West Sussex NHS and council drug and alcohol service is the right first step for most people, and there is free peer support through AA, NA and other support groups. Private drug and alcohol rehab is faster and more intensive but costs from around £1,000 a week, and there is no residential rehab based in Worthing itself, so a residential stay, whether alcohol rehab or drug rehab, almost always means travelling, wherever you go. Below are the options, side by side. If you may be physically dependent, do not stop suddenlyStopping alcohol or benzodiazepines abruptly can be dangerous if you are physically dependent, severe withdrawal symptoms can include 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. Who publishes this, and why it matters. This guide is published by Sierra Recovery. We are not based in Worthing. We are a 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 paid directory, this 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 addiction picture in Worthing Worthing is a coastal town in West Sussex, and like most of the South East its drug and alcohol addiction treatment is organised at county level rather than town by town. Nearly everyone who needs help with alcohol and drug addiction, or wider substance use problems, gets it through the free service commissioned by West Sussex County Council, or through their GP, rather than by paying privately. Residential rehab is the exception, not the norm, and because none is based in the town, residential rehabilitation for Worthing residents almost always means travelling. That is one treatment option worth knowing before you weigh up a private stay elsewhere, or rehab treatment abroad, whether your alcohol use or drug or alcohol use is occasional or severe. ### Speak to a clinician about treatment from Worthing 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 Worthing 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 [West Sussex County Council](https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/) the commissioning authority Free drug and alcohol treatment for Worthing is commissioned by West Sussex County Council. 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 Worthing 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 Worthing 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 Worthing, 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 Worthing. 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 and residential rehab for people in Worthing There is no drug and alcohol rehab centre in Worthing itself. Residential detox and rehab for Worthing residents happen either by referral through the free West Sussex service above, or privately at centres elsewhere. In practice the nearest private drug and alcohol rehabs are along the Sussex coast, in Surrey and in London, so a residential stay almost always means travelling, whichever route you choose. UK residential rehabs are typically regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and it is worth checking a provider’s CQC rating before you commit to detox and rehab anywhere. That is worth holding in mind when you weigh up treatment abroad, where the travel is longer but the distance from familiar triggers can help rather than hinder early recovery. ## What private residential rehab costs As a guide to the cost of rehab and private rehab generally, published UK rehab directories list residential detox and rehab from roughly £12,000 to £40,000 for a 28-day stay, which works out at around £12,000 to £40,000 a month, with almost nothing credible under £10,000 a month. Sierra’s £9,900 for a 28-day residential programme, private room included, is roughly a third of what a comparable UK stay costs, because running a clinic in the Spanish countryside costs far less, not because the care is thinner. A medically supervised hospital detox (sometimes called a medical detox), where one is needed, is completed and billed separately. Cost ranges checked the date above. These are indicative figures from published provider and directory listings, not quotations. Every centre sets its own fees. Please verify before you decide. Services, waiting times and prices change, and every centre sets its own fees. The figures here are drawn from published information and public listings, dated above. Always confirm directly with the service or centre. Considering residential treatment abroad? For some people, an unfamiliar environment for recovery, away from the triggers, relationships and routines linked to relapse, supports long-term recovery and aftercare planning in a way that staying close to home does not. Below is the one option abroad we can speak to directly. ## 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 Worthing 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 Whichever treatment option, rehab programme or recovery programme you are weighing up, the right choice depends on how ready you are to seek treatment and how serious your alcohol or drug use has become, not on which service has the biggest website. Most private residential treatment programmes, whether alcohol and drug rehab in the UK or abroad, combine detox, therapy and aftercare planning, so it is worth comparing rehab facilities and staffing, and asking any provider, ours included, what aftercare looks like once the programme ends, before you choose. Start with the free West Sussex service if you are unsure, if cost is the barrier, or if you want to stay near family and work, and use FRANK or your GP to reach it. Al-Anon if you are a family member looking for support for yourself. Private residential 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 triggers would help, and you can travel and do not need an immediate hospital detox. Use AA or NA alongside whatever you choose, wherever you are on the path to recovery from addiction. If you have read this far and Spain still feels like the right fit, the clearest next steps are the published cost on our [pricing page](/pricing/) and a confidential conversation through [admissions](/admissions/) about our addiction treatment services, where we will tell you honestly if a local Worthing route would serve someone recovering from drug and alcohol addiction better than Spain. + ### Talk to a clinician today You will speak to our admissions team, all of them clinicians. Confidential and no obligation, and we will tell you honestly whether this is the right place. [Speak to a clinician](/contact/) Or call us directly [+44 1202 653136](tel:+441202653136) ### Free help in Worthing - [FRANK, find support near you](https://www.talktofrank.com/get-help/find-support-near-you) - [West Sussex County Council](https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/) - [AA meeting finder](https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/) - [NA meeting finder](https://ukna.org/) All free. Call 999 or 112 in an emergency, or NHS 111 for urgent advice. 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 - [West Sussex County Council](https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/), commissioner of the free adult drug and alcohol service and local support directory - [NHS](https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/drug-addiction-getting-help/), how to get help for drug or alcohol problems (GP, self-referral and FRANK) - [FRANK](https://www.talktofrank.com/get-help/find-support-near-you), find support near you (helpline 0300 123 6600, text 82111) - [Alcoholics Anonymous Great Britain](https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/) · [UK Narcotics Anonymous](https://ukna.org/), meeting finders - [Al-Anon UK](https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/), support for families and friends - UK private residential price ranges, compiled from published provider and directory figures (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 price and service on the provider’s own page before you rely on it. ## Questions people ask Is there a drug and alcohol rehab in Worthing? There is no residential rehab centre based in Worthing itself. Free NHS and council treatment is available locally, and residential detox or rehab for Worthing residents happens either by referral through the free West Sussex service or privately at centres elsewhere, usually along the Sussex coast, in Surrey or in London. You can find the local service through FRANK, your GP or NHS 111. How do I get free help for addiction in Worthing? Contact the free West Sussex drug and alcohol service through your GP, NHS 111, or FRANK's find-support tool on 0300 123 6600 or text 82111. Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous run free meetings across the area, and Al-Anon supports families. None of this costs anything. How much does private rehab cost near Worthing? Indicative published ranges are roughly £1,000 to £4,000 or more a week, around £12,000 to £40,000 a month, with little credible under £10,000 a month. Sierra Recovery's 28-day residential programme in Spain is £9,900, with any hospital detox billed separately. These are indicative figures from public listings, not quotations. Is it safe to detox at home? If you are dependent on alcohol or benzodiazepines, do not stop suddenly, because withdrawal can cause seizures. Get medical advice before you cut down. Call 999 or 112 in a life-threatening emergency, or NHS 111 for urgent advice. A community or medically supervised detox through the West Sussex service is the safe route. Can people from Worthing go to Sierra Recovery in Spain? Yes. Sierra Recovery is a registered health centre in Humilladero, Málaga (N.I.C.A. 67331), treating in English using a clinical model adapted from PROMIS Clinics. It is a rehabilitation centre, not a hospital or detox unit, so any medically supervised detox is completed elsewhere before admission. The 28-day residential programme is £9,900, with hospital detox billed separately and no referral fees. ### From Worthing, 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 Worthing? 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 - [Maidstone](/alcohol-rehab-maidstone/) - [Woking](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-woking/) - [Basingstoke](/alcohol-rehab-basingstoke/) - [Southampton](/alcohol-rehab-southampton/) - [Oxfordshire](/alcohol-rehab-oxfordshire/) - [Oxford](/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-oxford/) 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/)[Our programme](/our-programme-at-sierra-recovery/)[Regulation & licensing](/regulation-and-licensing/)[Assessment & detox](/medical-assessment-and-detox/)[Rehab: UK vs Spain](/rehab-uk-vs-spain/)[Admissions](/admissions/) --- Source: https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-worthing/ Retrieved: 2026-08-27 Canonical HTML version of this page: https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/drug-and-alcohol-rehab-in-worthing/