World-Class Drug & Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center

Perched over the Pacific Ocean, our five magnificent estates elegantly stretch across ten acres of Malibu coastline, offering you the perfect setting to heal your body, mind, and spirit. For over ten years, Passages Malibu has stood out as a shining example of non-12-Step, luxury addiction treatment.

Inside the magnificent grounds at Passages, you’ll find the most comprehensive and sophisticated treatment programs in the world. When founders Chris and Pax Prentiss created this program in 2001, they began with one goal in mind - to create the world’s finest team of treatment professionals. Comprised of doctors, nurses, psychologists, family therapists, trainers, acupuncturists, and many others, ensuring your complete satisfaction from the day you check in until the day you graduate from our world-class drug rehab center.

Why You Should Choose Passages Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center

We know this is an important decision. We encourage you to compare Passages to any other treatment center in the country. After comparing their fact sheet to ours we are 100% confident you will not find a better facility anywhere in the world.

We invite you to join us at Passages Malibu where we will help you to take back your life, just as we've done for thousands of others. Our doors are open and we honor the opportunity to work with you. Your new life is waiting, so make this moment count! Call Passages now at (888) 777-8525.

Non 12-Step Addiction Treatment Philosophy

Unlike 12-Step programs (the approach of nearly every other rehab center in the country), we don’t believe that addiction is a disease. Our research shows that people become dependent on drugs and alcohol because of one of these four causes:

1. A chemical imbalance
2. Events of the past you have not reconciled
3. Current conditions you can’t cope with
4. Things you believe which aren’t true

Everyone that has checked into Passages has had one or more of the four challenges in their life. If you’re dependent on substances, you can probably relate. Our goal for you at Passages is to find out what’s driving you to use drugs or alcohol. Once we locate the cause of your addiction, we will begin the work to heal it and your desire for drugs and alcohol will immediately begin to fade away. Our entire program centers around accomplishing this goal using an advanced one-on-one approach to therapy. (Read more about our Non 12-Step Addiction Treatment Philosophy)

Unique One-on-One Addiction Treatment

For over 75 years, the standard has been to use group meetings for therapy. Passages does not endorse this approach. Instead, we discovered that one-on-one therapy is more effective than group meetings, which is why you will receive multiple hours of one-on-one treatment each day. Your team of doctors and therapists will customize your treatment to ensure that you’re getting the finest one-on-one care available. Currently, we offer 22 different types of therapy, all of which you will benefit from during your stay at Passages. (Read more about Passages Malibu One-on-One Addiction Treatment)

Pax’s Story – The Way It Started and How it Continues Today

Pax Prentiss, who was addicted to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol, knows exactly why he failed at his previous rehab attempts. He was being treated with an outdated treatment program based on the 12-Step method. It simply didn’t work for him. Why? It approached addiction like a disease, focused on group therapy instead of individual care, and labeled Pax an addict for life. We invite you to read more about Pax’s success overcoming his addiction to drugs and alcohol by reading this message from our CEO and co-founder Pax Prentiss

Prescription Drug Rehab

Doctors will often prescribe drugs to people who have serious psychological or psychiatric ailments, which may originate from a chemical imbalance. Although the doctor is trying to help, some patients may develop a dependency on the drugs. We have a much different way of treating chemical imbalances. You will first work with a team of professionals to complete a diagnostic test, reviewing your blood and urine to determine which chemicals are out of balance in your body. After we receive your results, our doctor will design a natural supplement package that will help rebalance your specific body chemistry. In most cases, the need for prescription drugs will fade away as the chemicals in your body balance out. Some of our clients continue with the supplements after they leave Passages. (Read more about Passages Malibu Prescription Drug Rehab)

Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Alcohol is one of the most commonly abused substances in the world. Our cutting-edge approach allows us to quickly pinpoint why you are drinking and immediately treat you using one-on-one therapy. Discovering why you are drinking can be one the greatest moments of your life, and will lead you to the conclusion that you can overcome your alcohol dependency by healing its causes. (Read more about Passages Malibu’s Alcohol Rehab)

JCAHO Approved Drug Rehabilitation

Our program is based on superior, clinically-proven practices, which is how we earned the coveted JCAHO) Accreditation. JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) only gives this prestigious stamp of approval to the very best providers of healthcare. Currently only 6% of treatment centers in the country are JCAHO Accredited. (Read more about Passages superior drug rehab services)