Once a patient here,
always part of the community.
Recovery doesn’t end at discharge. Our alumni program keeps connection alive: check-in calls at 30 and 90 days, ongoing peer support groups, alumni events, and a line back to Pines any time things feel shaky.
LegitScriptCertified
Continued connection, actual support.
30 and 90-day check-ins.
Our alumni team calls at 30 and 90 days post-discharge. These are real conversations, not satisfaction surveys. If something’s off, we help re-engage services, troubleshoot medications, or problem-solve family dynamics.
Alumni-led gatherings.
Regular peer-support groups facilitated by alumni and recovery coaches. Open to anyone who has completed treatment at Pines. Some groups run on campus; some online.
Celebrations and anniversaries.
Quarterly alumni events on and near campus — sober community activities, educational workshops, and recovery-milestone celebrations.
Call us any time.
Every alumnus has the admissions line. If life gets shaky, we want to hear about it. Re-admission, partner referrals, medication consultation — we’ll figure out what’s needed.
Support for families, too.
Family members of alumni also stay connected — access to family education, support groups, and our team’s guidance when issues come up.
When you become a resource.
Many of our alumni end up helping others find their way to treatment. Our BD team works closely with alumni who want to refer a friend, family member, or colleague.
Recovery is long. Community helps.
The statistics on long-term recovery consistently show one thing: sustained community involvement is among the strongest predictors of continued abstinence and quality of life. Whether that’s 12-step, SMART Recovery, faith-based, or our alumni network, the through-line is connection.
We don’t promote our alumni program as a substitute for those other communities. We think of it as additive — a layer that supplements whatever primary recovery community our alumni have built at home.
Physician-led, accredited, and built for unhurried care.
The choice of where to receive alumni program matters. Patients and families weigh credentials, environment, and continuity of care alongside cost and coverage. Here is what consistently brings people to our 18,000 sq ft private clinical campus in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Medical Director Sergey Litvinov, MD — a board-certified psychiatrist — directs clinical care. Every patient is reviewed by an attending physician, not a counselor signing off on a protocol.
Independent accreditation by the nation’s most recognized healthcare standards body. Surveyed against rigorous safety and quality standards.
LegitScript certification is the standard required by Google, Microsoft, and Meta to advertise addiction treatment. It signals an audited, transparent operator.
Depression, anxiety, trauma, and ADHD frequently co-occur with substance use. Psychiatric assessment and care run in parallel with detox, not after.
Most commercial and military plans are accepted. Verification is free, confidential, and typically completed in under 60 seconds.
Private bedrooms, dedicated medical detox wing, therapy rooms sized for real clinical work, outdoor grounds. Not a strip-mall storefront.
Pines maintains a 40-patient maximum, which keeps clinician-to-patient ratios well above the regional average and protects the unhurried, individualized care model our medical and clinical teams have built. Every admission is reviewed by Sergey Litvinov, MD; medication decisions, level-of-care transitions, and discharge planning all run through physician oversight rather than administrative checklists.
Authoritative references and related resources.
Clinical authorities & sources. ASAM — Clinical Practice Guidelines · SAMHSA — National Helpline · CDC — Overdose Prevention
Related Pines resources. Medical detox · Residential inpatient · Dual diagnosis · Admissions process · Insurance carriers · For families
From the first call through aftercare.
Care at Pines is delivered along a coordinated pathway, not as a one-off appointment. Coordination begins on the admissions call and continues through detox, residential, and the handoff to aftercare partners. Each phase has named accountabilities — the admissions counselor, the attending physician, the primary therapist, the case manager, and the alumni coordinator each carry specific responsibilities documented in the patient’s chart.
Family members are supported in parallel. With patient consent, our family liaison provides regular updates, schedules family therapy sessions, and helps prepare for visitation weekends and aftercare. Without consent, family education programming, crisis-line referrals, and Al-Anon and Nar-Anon resources remain available so families are not navigating alone.
Aftercare is planned during residential, not at discharge. The case manager identifies suitable step-down providers (PHP, IOP, sober living, outpatient therapy, MOUD prescribers) based on home location, insurance, and clinical recommendation. Pines maintains working relationships with vetted partner programs across our priority states to ensure continuity rather than handing patients off to a generic directory.
Throughout the entire pathway, all communication, charting, and data handling is HIPAA-compliant. Substance use disorder records receive additional federal protection under 42 CFR Part 2, which limits redisclosure even within healthcare settings. Patients and families can request specific privacy preferences in writing at any point in care, and our team honors them across the admissions, clinical, and alumni systems.
Pick up where you left off. The door’s open.
If you’re an alumnus and things have shifted — for better or worse — we want to hear from you. Call any time.
Call (855) 981-8935Questions we hear from alumni.
Is there a cost to participate?+
What if I’ve had a relapse?+
Can I opt out?+
I want to refer a friend. How?+
Reviewed by Sergey Litvinov, MD — Medical Director at Pines Recovery Life. Updated April 2026.
