Detox Centers in Alpine, New Jersey

Located 18 miles north of Midtown Manhattan, Alpine is a borough of Bergen County in New Jersey.

In 2019, people in Alpine and Bergen County who sought treatment for a substance use disorder (SUD) identified alcohol and heroin as their 2 primary drugs of choice.¹ Other county statistics reinforce those choices. That same year, 137 people in Bergen County died from a drug overdose.² Fifty-six of those deaths were due to heroin, and 109 were from fentanyl, a synthetic opioid.²

Opioid overdoses in the county have been steadily on the rise since 2015.³ In 2021, the county responded to 711 opioid overdoses, an increase of 7% from 2020.³

Beyond the borough of Alpine, Bergen County has implemented several initiatives to try and stem the opioid crisis. Its Heroin Addiction Recovery Team connects people to needed services when they decide they are ready for treatment.³ The Bergen County Municipal Recovery Court connects eligible defendants with a patient navigator to develop treatment and recovery plans to avoid jail time.³

In 2019, more than 98,000 people were admitted for substance use disorder treatment in New Jersey.¹ In Alpine and Bergen County, that number was just over 4,000 people.¹

There are 93 drug and alcohol rehab facilities located within 10 miles of Alpine.⁴ That’s in comparison to the more than 380 centers located across New Jersey.⁵ The options near Alpine include the following breakdown of service options:⁴

• 26 centers that offer detoxification from drugs or alcohol
• 6 hospital-based inpatient programs
• 18 residential or inpatient facilities where you live at the facility while receiving care
• 64 facilities that offer treatment for a co-occurring diagnosis of mental health and substance use disorder
• 69 outpatient facilities designed for people who can live at home while seeking addiction treatment

In Bergen County, statistics show that in 2019, most people chose to enter outpatient care or receive intensive outpatient care.¹ An intensive outpatient program or IOP is an alternative to inpatient treatment and, as the name implies, offers a more intensive version of outpatient care.⁶

Patients sometimes enter an IOP as part of a step-down process from inpatient treatment if they need more care than a traditional outpatient program can provide.⁶ In an IOP, patients receive a minimum of 9 hours of treatment services a week broken into separate sessions.⁶

Support groups near Alpine are designed to provide a safe place for those going through treatment for a substance use disorder to share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. While it’s not meant to be a substitute for more formal addiction treatment, many programs encourage patients to join a support group as part of their treatment plan.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) are 2 of the most well-known 12-Step groups.  While there are no AA or NA meetings located directly in Alpine, there are options available less than 4 miles away.^7,8 NA meetings are offered at:

• Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 20 Buckingham Rd., Yonkers, NY. Meetings are Mondays at 7:30 p.m.⁷
• Calvary United Methodist Church, 85 West Madison Ave, Dumont, NJ. Meetings are Tuesdays at 8 p.m.⁷

AA meetings are also held in several towns close to Alpine.⁸ They include:

• United Methodist Church, 109 Hardenburg Ave., Demarest, NJ. Meetings are held Mondays at 8 p.m.⁸
• Baptist Church, 563 Piermont Rd, Demarest, NJ. Meetings are held Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.⁸
• Congregational United Church of Christ, 85 Union Ave., Cresskill, NJ. Meetings are held Wednesdays at 8 p.m.⁸
• Mary Roman Catholic Church, 20 Legion Pl., Closter, NJ, Meetings are held Sundays at 3 p.m.⁸

A traditional 12-Step group meets regularly and is led by its members. It also recommends that current members connect with a longtime one for additional support and guidance.

Sources

1. New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services. (2020). Substance abuse overview 2019 Bergen County.
2. New Jersey Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner. (2020). Drugs involved in drug OD deaths New Jersey 2019.
3. Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. (2022). Response to the opioid epidemic.
4. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (n.d.). FindTreatment.gov.
5. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2020). National survey of substance abuse treatment services.
6. McCarty, D., Braude, L., Lyman, D. R., Dougherty, R. H., Daniels, A. S., Ghose, S. S., & Delphin-Rittmon, M. E. (2014). Substance abuse intensive outpatient programs: assessing the evidence. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 65(6), 718–726.
7. Narcotics Anonymous. (n.d.). NA meeting search.
8. Northern New Jersey Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous. (n.d.). Nearby meetings for Alpine, NJ.