Drug & alcohol rehab
serving Long Island, New York.
From Great Neck to Montauk, from Garden City to Riverhead. The heroin and fentanyl epidemic hit Long Island hard. Pines Recovery Life offers physician-led medical detox and residential inpatient care far from the local networks that fuel use.
LegitScriptCertified
The epidemic didn’t start here. Recovery can.
Nassau and Suffolk have fought the opioid epidemic longer and harder than most counties in America. For many Long Island families, local treatment means local networks, local access, local risk. Florida changes the geography — which changes the clinical equation.
LI towns are small. Everyone knows someone. Treatment 1,290 miles away gives you the privacy your community can’t.
Long Island’s drug supply is saturated with fentanyl. Our detox protocols are built for that reality — long-tissue-half-life management, micro-dosing, continuous monitoring.
Suburban neighborhoods, familiar routes, familiar friends. Geographic distance during early recovery creates real behavioral space.
Admissions coordinators arrange the full travel day — from your town to the airport, to FLL, to our Pembroke Pines campus.
Physician-directed, substance-specific.
Symptom-triggered benzodiazepine tapering; 24/7 seizure and DT prevention.
Extended induction windows for fentanyl’s long half-life; COWS-guided dosing.
MOUD respecting legitimate pain needs with non-opioid planning post-detox.
Long-acting benzodiazepine cross-taper with daily reassessment.
Supportive care; cardiac monitoring; psychiatric workup.
Layered protocols with psychiatric co-management.
Empire BCBS, Oxford, and employer plans.
Nassau and Suffolk residents most commonly use Empire BCBS, Oxford (UnitedHealthcare), Aetna, or employer plans through Long Island’s healthcare, education, and construction sectors. Most commercial PPO plans reimburse out-of-network rehab.
We also accept Tricare and Humana Military — relevant for Long Island’s sizable military and veteran population across Nassau and Suffolk.
See all carriers acceptedFrom your town to our campus.
ISP, JFK, or LGA
ISP (Islip) is closest for central/eastern Suffolk — direct FLL on Southwest and JetBlue. JFK is common from Nassau. LGA viable from western LI. All 3 hours to FLL.
Airport Pickup
Admissions arranges ground transport from FLL (20 min) or MIA (45 min) to campus.
Campus Intake
Full, unhurried clinical and medical assessment by physician and nursing team — approximately one hour.
Treatment Begins
Medical detox or residential care begins the same day, with family updates as you authorize.
If you need help tonight.
If you or a loved one on Long Island is in acute crisis, call 988 or 911. The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) operates a 24/7 hotline: 516-747-2606. Nassau and Suffolk County health departments also run local resource lines.
For treatment location help: SAMHSA Locator · NY OASAS. Pines’ line is 24/7 — no readiness test required.
Physician-led, accredited, and built for unhurried care.
The choice of where to receive care for Long Island families 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.
Distance from Long Island to Pembroke Pines, FL.
Long Island sits 1,200+ flight miles south of our private clinical campus at 1151 Poinciana Dr. in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Jfk and lga are the closest major airports; isp serves long island directly — the typical trip runs approximately a 3-hour flight depending on traffic and time of day.
JFK or LGA to FLL. Multiple direct flights daily from Long Island airports. Our admissions team coordinates ground transportation from any airport or address at no cost once admission is authorized.
Most Long Island families schedule a private campus tour before admission, either in person or via the immersive 360° virtual tour. Visitation weekends are coordinated with the clinical schedule, and family therapy can be conducted in person or by HIPAA-compliant telehealth so distance does not interrupt clinical work.
Verify your coverage confidentially.
Empire BCBS, Oxford, Aetna, UHC, Tricare, VA CCN — all accepted. HIPAA-protected.
Verify CoverageQuestions from Nassau & Suffolk.
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Reviewed by Sergey Litvinov, MD — Medical Director and board-certified psychiatrist at Pines Recovery Life. Updated April 2026.
Authoritative references: SAMHSA · Suffolk County Health · NIDA — Opioids
