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The primary house of Promises' Malibu facility. Get more information at more photos.

Neither program is precisely cheap, though. Promises L.A. charges $34,500 because of its 90-day program -- thirty days around the L.A. campus and two months in outpatient treatment or sober living, where costs can depend on $1,000 monthly. The price for Malibu's traditional 31-day-program ("31 because we would like our clients to depart here with thirty days of sobriety," Sack stated) begins at $55,000 and rises to $90,000 based on special lodging a customer might request, like getting your dog, wanting just one room instead of a double, or stretching their time on-site.

Based on Sack, creating an appropriate atmosphere -- Malibu's campus boasts spas, sun decks and heated pools -- is vital to bringing in and dealing with clients of means.

"For those who have individuals with needs who're highly effective, they are likely to wish to go somewhere that's like the things they know," stated Sack. "Whenever you tell people, 'We're likely to place you in this institutional kind of treatment,' you essentially provide them with reasons to not come."

There's one accommodation Promises will not offer celebs: the rehab pictorial. Lohan notoriously asked OK! magazine photography enthusiasts to snap her riding horseback, doing yoga poses and reading through from an AA tome when she checked directly into Utah's Cirque Lodge treatment facility in 2007.

"We do not allow media to photograph any one of our clients while they are in active treatment," Sack stated. "We percieve that individuals are here to become treated and then any interaction with media throughout the therapy phase is troublesome."

To that particular finish, to defend against paparazzi and curious passersby, both Promises facilities boast no signs showing who or where they're. L.A.'s two structures are offset from the residential road. Malibu's campus is presents itself a precarious uphill climb. These bankruptcies are not locations that invite attention.

Danny Bonaduce, a Promises alum and current detractor, stated from the Malibu facility, "I recall believing that if the place were built with a bar, it might be fantastic." Get more information at more photos.

Promises Suits Celebs, although not All Stick To this program

Promises began in 1988 by Richard Rogg, a genuine estate developer who switched his focus on dealing with drug abuse after kicking his cocaine habit. Intended instead of programs that scolded addicts into submission, Promises' goal happens to be to push clients to handle the personal problems that triggered their addiction, instead of simply stomping the addiction itself.

The model involves therapy, and a lot of it, frequently in group configurations. Sack stated the Sheens and Warrior spears who are available in are required to talk about their tales with everybody else, much like everybody else.

"Actually, we have had very couple of instances where anyone's privacy continues to be violated," he stated. "The customers are very protective of each other. They are very committed to everybody getting an optimistic outcome."

Issues with celebs show up when Promises takes these to public AA conferences. (Integrating clients in to the wider realm of recuperating addicts is yet another mainstay from the program.)