Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers in Scottsboro, AL
Drug and alcohol addiction treatment providers serving Scottsboro are listed on this page, including nearby communities such as Hollywood, Section, Dutton, Langston, and Skyline. Scroll down to browse inpatient rehabs, outpatient programs, virtual treatment providers, counselors, and therapists in the area.
The Scottsboro addiction treatment centers listed below, including facilities serving Pleasant Groves, Pisgah, and Powell, are reviewed against bodies such as the Alabama Department of Mental Health, SAMHSA, The Joint Commission, and CARF International. Explore the listings below.
2 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Treatment Centers in Scottsboro, AL
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Drug and Alcohol Rehabs in Scottsboro, AL
Scottsboro is the seat of Jackson County, on the Tennessee River in the far northeastern corner of Alabama.
The town’s name is inseparable from the Scottsboro Boys, nine Black teenagers falsely accused of rape in 1931 whose trials produced two landmark Supreme Court decisions on the right to counsel and on all-white juries. Alabama pardoned the last of them posthumously in 2013.
Scottsboro is also known for Unclaimed Baggage, the only retailer in America that buys and resells lost airline luggage, which draws around a million visitors a year.
Jackson County’s provisional overdose counts are suppressed by the CDC under small-count disclosure rules, which reflects a small population rather than an absence of the problem.
The treatment picture is thin. Two facilities sit within twelve miles of Scottsboro, offering outpatient care, intensive outpatient and medication-assisted treatment between them.
Neither indicates detox, residential care nor partial hospitalization within that radius.
Widening to thirty miles reaches around twelve facilities including three with residential care, though no detox appears anywhere in that radius either.
Jackson County sits in Region 1 of the Alabama Department of Mental Health’s four substance use planning regions.
Which Level of Care Do You Need
The figures below use a twelve-mile catchment with wider numbers where they change the picture, covering Scottsboro, Stevenson and the surrounding Jackson County communities.
Medically Supervised Detox
Detox is the supervised management of withdrawal, running roughly three to ten days depending on the substance, and it precedes everything else where the body has become dependent. Nothing within thirty miles of Scottsboro indicates detox provision. Alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal is the kind that needs watching, so go through a hospital or an ADMH-contracted provider rather than attempting it at home, and it will mean leaving the region.
Inpatient Residential Treatment
Living at the program is what residential means, usually for thirty to ninety days, inside a structure that carries the whole week. Nothing within twelve miles indicates residential provision, and around three do within thirty. Huntsville and the Guntersville corridor hold the nearest capacity, and placements across county lines are made routinely rather than as a last resort.
Outpatient, IOP and PHP Treatment
Placement in Alabama works to American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria, so ask which ASAM level an assessment put you at and check the program actually delivers it. Around two providers within twelve miles offer outpatient services, one indicates intensive outpatient and one offers medication-assisted treatment, rising to ten and six within thirty. Having both intensive outpatient and a medication option in a county this rural is the most useful fact on this page.
Dual Diagnosis and Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Dual diagnosis means working on the addiction and the mental health condition in parallel, which the evidence consistently supports. Around one provider within twelve miles of Scottsboro indicates this work, rising to about five within thirty. If depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder is part of the picture, ask for integrated treatment by name and expect it to involve traveling toward Huntsville.
Sober Living Homes and Transitional Living
Transitional and sober living housing sits outside this directory. Standards in Alabama come through the Alabama Alliance for Recovery Residences, which is the state’s National Alliance for Recovery Residences affiliate. Certification is a choice rather than a requirement, so treat it as something to check rather than assume. Housing costs in Jackson County are among the lowest in Alabama, which makes recovery housing more achievable than the provision figures suggest.
Addiction Treatment Cost and Insurance Coverage in Scottsboro, AL
Northeast Alabama prices at the lower end of the state range, and Jackson County sits within reach of the Huntsville market when the drive is worth it.
How Much Does Addiction Rehab Cost?
Intensive outpatient in Scottsboro runs roughly $2,600 to $9,000 a month and is available locally, alongside medication-assisted treatment. Standard outpatient costs $1,250 to $5,000 a month. Residential treatment at $5,900 to $24,000 a month and medical detox at $1,400 to $4,900 a week both mean leaving the region.
Because the local strength is intensive outpatient, establishing whether that intensity would meet the clinical need is worth doing before committing to a placement an hour or more away.
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Medical detox (7–14 days) | $1,400 – $4,900 per week | $200 – $700 |
| Residential inpatient | $5,900 – $24,000 | $195 – $800 |
| PHP | $6,900 – $13,500 | $230 – $450 |
| IOP | $2,600 – $9,000 | $85 – $300 |
| Outpatient | $1,250 – $5,000 | $40 – $165 |
| Level of care | Monthly | Daily |
|---|---|---|
| Residential inpatient | $17,000 – $50,000+ | $565 – $1,660 |
| PHP | $14,000 – $32,000 | $465 – $1,065 |
| IOP | $9,500 – $24,000 | $315 – $800 |
| Outpatient | $5,000 – $15,500 | $165 – $515 |
Does Insurance Cover Rehab?
Yes. Addiction treatment sits among the essential health benefits most plans are required to include. What a plan actually pays varies with the employer, the network and the level of care, so two people with the same insurer can face very different bills. Employer plans and Medicare are the common routes here. Alabama Medicaid covers a narrower group than in most states.
Approval is a separate hurdle from coverage. Detox and residential admissions almost always need prior authorization, and your share normally turns on network status. Tennessee and Georgia both begin within reach, but Alabama Medicaid does not pay for out-of-state care, so a closer program across a line is frequently the more expensive one for anyone who does qualify.
Free and State-Funded Addiction Rehab in Scottsboro, AL
The Alabama Department of Mental Health regulates the public addiction treatment system and places Jackson County in Region 1, the eighteen counties of north Alabama. ADMH runs no programs itself; it certifies and contracts with community providers under the Alabama Administrative Code, and every state-funded provider must charge on a sliding scale.
One fact shapes how treatment gets paid for in Alabama more than any other: the state has not expanded Medicaid, so a working adult without children or a disability generally cannot get it whatever they earn. The ADMH-contracted providers and their income-based sliding scale are therefore the main route, not the backup.
More Help and Recovery Support
Highlands Medical Center in Scottsboro serves the county, with Huntsville Hospital around forty-five minutes west taking the more serious presentations.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets across Jackson County through the week, with much fuller schedules in Huntsville. Narcotics Anonymous operates a north Alabama area, and Celebrate Recovery meets in churches throughout the county. Nearby Stevenson, Fort Payne and Guntersville carry further listings, with more across Alabama.
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics operate under federal standards that require them to accept everyone, irrespective of ability to pay or where they live. Alabama is one of ten states in the demonstration, and knowing which providers qualify tells you what they must offer.
Free and confidential, available now
Alabama Department of Mental Health — 1-800-367-0955 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988
References and Citations
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics — VSRR provisional county-level drug overdose death counts, Jackson County, twelve months ending December 2021 and December 2025, data as of 5 July 2026.
- Alabama Department of Mental Health — Division of Mental Health and Substance Use Services, substance use planning regions and provider certification under the Alabama Administrative Code.
- SAMHSA and Alabama Department of Mental Health — Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration participation.
- Rehab Seekers directory listings, Scottsboro and Jackson County, August 2026, and market rate research, Alabama, 2026. Ranges are indicative and vary by facility, length of stay and coverage.