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New Life Addiction Treatment Center

32565 Golden Lantern B 354, Dana Point, California, 92629
We believe that people have the right to achieve recovery in an atmosphere of safety, security and dignity. If you or a family member is in need of immediate help for heroin, crystal meth, prescription drugs or alcohol rehabilitation, New Life Treatment of Dana Point, in beautiful Orange County, California, is a great place to start building your new life in recovery. In addition to offering one of Southern California’s most highly regarded treatment centers we also offer transitional housing residences for men & women. We provide residential and outpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation in a luxurious and peaceful setting. We are in one of the most prestigious areas of Southern California, Dana Point. Our wonderful climate serves to facilitate a valued life in recovery, full of happiness and sunshine. Further, our recovery services are compassionate, surprisingly affordable, confidential and individualized. From chemical dependency to alcoholism to all-out drug addiction, let us help you or your family member overcome these issues and open door to a room filled with hopes & dreams. We accept pets, couples and provide private rooms for our clients! We are a twelve step social model program.

Facility Highlights

  • Executive
  • Private
  • Confidential

Specialization

  • Animal Therapy

    Animal therapy (also called animal-assisted therapy and pet therapy) supports recovery and emotional wellbeing by helping people develop relationships with animals. Animal therapy can be a one-time or ongoing experience.
  • Creative Arts Therapy

    Writing, making art or engaging in theater can be deeply therapeutic for people working to recover from addiction. Many facilities offer one or several forms of creative arts therapy as a way to help patients learn to express their feelings in productive ways.

Facility Settings

  • Private/Secluded

Meet the Staff

  • Megan Viveros
    Megan ViverosDirector of Operations
    Along with her own personal recovery experience, Megan has been involved actively in recovery groups since 2008. In addition to being a graduate of Fullerton University, Megan has been with us, first as a resident in our Sober Living Home them promoted to House Manager and now to Director of Operations of our Dana Point Treatment Center. Her creative gift for art therapy, sense of humor, calm and sensitive way of listening with compassion for people, is her valuable contribution to each client’s program and staff results. Megan’s background of addiction has given her the passion to work in the recovery field and share what she has so freely been given.
  • Alicia Biggs
    Alicia BiggsLead Counselor
    Alicia enjoys the balance between counseling and administrative work. As lead counselor, Alicia is responsible for communication between counselors, administration and clients. It is her passion to work with clients as their advocate as they are encouraged to build skills towards becoming their own advocate. Alicia received her CAADAC certification after studying with the Navy Drug and Alcohol Counselor School and taking courses in pharmacology and psychology at USC and completing Law and Ethics with Options in Berkley. To further her interest in being of service, she completed training in Relapse Prevention Counseling and Denial Management Counseling. In recovery for ten years and the counseling field for six years, Alicia comes from a solution based model that encourages the client to move from crisis to solution through discussion around personal growth and utilizing new and healthy coping skills.

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The one thing that made these people different from other centers I have been in. They truly do care, from the Founder to Executive Director to house staff. They really make you feel at home. They take you out to do fun things on outing days. Thank you
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You must buy your own food, no onsite therapists. So pet friendly, the couch smells like wet dog. House manager rarely there. Poor bookkeepers don't track what you've paid.
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This place has gotten me over 10 years of heroin addition, the approach of this place is remarkable. I mean they really care. Because of the success I have had I can't say anything bad about this place. This is my 4th treatment center. From the time you walk in, you know the place cares about seeing you change your life. Because of this treatment center I am now and have been for the last year and six months, living life again. They found and help me realize what I have lost and now have it all back. I spent 120 days here and every day was life changing.
Jeff
    Unforgenitly I can not stop people that have been removed from the center for one reason or another, may it be stealing from a client a NFL Jersey, or being just a dirty person and write bad reviews. Usually if you read them carful you can tell. I have a staff that is beyond approach in the dedication of helping those who come to us and ask to help. We not only treat the addiction we help give them life skills back. I myself teach a credit class on Fridays for an hour to teach the importance of credit and how to maintain it. We had some bumpy roads when we first open, it has been hard to find the right houseman. As you can tell by the reviews; I read these and the things they say "I am only into it for the money" well if that were true I would not only have private rooms or semi private treatment, pet friendly and a beautiful center. " I would collect insurance monies; if I do it for the money" they were dismissed from the center, some within three days no matter what they say; I am proud of New Life Treatment proud of my staff and proud of the clients that have come threw our doors for help. We teach our family to move on in life and only look to the future, so many of my clients do not write reviews for those reasons. We are a semi-private center, some of our clients are high profile. We have a beautiful, clean very peaceful center. The best compliment I have received from a client. I felt like I was detoxing and getting treatment at home.
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    When a staff called me and said some former employees are writing bad reviews would I take the time to write one seeing how I was in his place for six months as a client court ordered. Where do I start; my life my wife\'s life and my children\'s lives have changed for the better. The staff did change three or four times while I was there, well I should say the house managers did. THe one thing I will say about one man in particular is he doesn\'t risk the betterment of his clients on staff. If they don\'t meet the standards he has set, he relieves them right away. I love that about this guy. Some of the clients were taking control of a new house person, it was uncanny how he spotted it and released them right away. Clients that came in who was not getting with the program he put out and refunded there money to them, I know two for sure. New Life program is the best experience of my life so far, I could never thank them enough.