16486 Hwy 55, Sterrett, AL 35147 (opens Google Maps) Shelby County, about 40 minutes from Birmingham
Longleaf Lodge
Residential Addiction Treatment in Alabama
Live-in drug and alcohol treatment for adults on 150 wooded acres in Shelby County, with medical detox on the same campus.
Residential care
What residential addiction treatment is
In residential drug and alcohol treatment, you live where you get care. Many people call it inpatient rehab. Residents of Longleaf Lodge sleep in one of 6 cabins on the property, eat together in The Commons and spend most of the day in therapy, groups and medical care, .
Living on campus is the main difference from outpatient care. In Longleaf's partial hospitalization program and intensive outpatient program, you come in for treatment and go home at night. Residential care is usually the right starting point when home makes recovery hard or withdrawal needs medical care.
Read more about inpatient and outpatient treatment, the benefits of inpatient drug rehab and the full range of Longleaf levels of care.
- residential beds in 6 cabins
- 50
- medical detox beds in their own building
- 10
- 30
- acres in Sterrett, Shelby County
- 150
Residential treatment, PHP and IOP compared
| Level of care | Where you sleep | Time in treatment | Where it happens | Often the right fit when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential treatment | In a cabin at Longleaf Lodge | A full day of therapy and structured programming, | Sterrett, Shelby County | Home is not safe for recovery, withdrawal needs medical care, or outpatient treatment has not been enough |
| Partial hospitalization (PHP) | At home or in sober living | Most of the day, most days of the week | Longleaf locations in Birmingham, Huntsville and Baldwin County | Someone needs daily structure and has a stable place to live |
| Intensive outpatient (IOP) | At home | About three hours a day, three to five days a week | The same locations, or virtual IOP anywhere in Alabama | Someone is stable enough to work or study and needs steady support |
Who we serve
Who residential treatment is for
- Withdrawal from alcohol, benzodiazepines or opioids that is not safe to go through at home
- A return to drinking or drug use after outpatient treatment, or several attempts to stop that did not hold
- Substance use that has taken over work, school, money or family life
- A home where alcohol or drugs are easy to get, or where recovery has little support
- Depression, anxiety or trauma that makes outpatient care hard to keep up with
- A recent overdose, hospital stay or crisis stabilization, and the need for a safe next step
The admission criteria, including who needs another setting first, are on the admissions page. If outpatient care is the better fit, admissions can connect you with a Longleaf location close to home.
Choosing a level of care
Admissions can help you work it out on the phone.
The call is confidential. Tell us what is going on, and we talk through detox, residential treatment and the outpatient options with you.
Call (844) 810-7340Start to finish
How a residential stay works, from the first call to continuing care
Detox and residential treatment are on the same campus, so there is no transfer between facilities in the middle of early recovery. Your treatment team reviews progress through the stay. Some people need longer, and others are ready to step down sooner.
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The first call
Admissions asks about substance use and health history, checks your insurance benefits and helps plan the day you arrive.
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Arrival at the Welcome House
, and the medical and clinical team reviews it before you settle in.
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Medical detox, when it is needed
If withdrawal needs medical care, you start in the detox building on the same campus.
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Residential treatment in the cabins
You move into a cabin and join the full program: individual therapy, daily groups, medical and psychiatric care, and time outdoors.
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Planning the next step
Discharge planning starts early in the stay. Your therapist works with you, and with your family if you choose, on where you go next and who you will see.
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Continuing care
The usual next step is partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient or outpatient care at a Longleaf location, or virtual IOP from home.
About aftercare
Step one, when it is needed
Medical detox on the same campus
When detox is complete, residents move into a cabin and begin the residential program. For withdrawal symptoms and timelines by substance, read our full guide to medical detox at Longleaf.
Where residents live
Life in the residential cabins
Residents live in 6 cabins with 50 beds between them, and each cabin has a common room where it gathers in the evening. See the cabins and the rest of the 150-acre Lodge property.
The program
A week of residential treatment
, with meals together and time outside in between. Evenings and weekends are lighter. Each resident's plan sets the mix, and it changes as treatment goes on. For a sample day and a packing list, see what to expect at Longleaf Lodge.
- Individual therapy
- One-on-one sessions with your primary therapist, who leads your treatment plan.
- Group therapy
- Process groups and skills groups led by licensed therapists. Groups are the center of the day.
- Psychoeducation
- Classes on how addiction works, mental health and what early recovery asks of you.
- Family sessions
- See the Lodge family program.
- Relapse prevention and life skills
- Triggers, cravings, sleep and stress, and a written plan for the first weeks at home.
Therapies
Therapists draw on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, EMDR and trauma-informed care.
Substances
See what Longleaf treats.
Mental health
Read how dual diagnosis treatment works.
Insurance
Longleaf Lodge works with commercial insurance, and . See Lodge admissions and insurance.
Who provides care
Your residential care team
Physicians and nurse practitioners
Oversee medical care and detox, and any health conditions that need attention during the stay.
Psychiatric providers
Nurses
On duty 24 hours a day in detox, and
Therapists
Licensed therapists lead individual, group and family therapy and write the discharge plan with each resident.
Recovery support specialists
They lead peer groups.
Behavioral health technicians
, helping residents through the daily schedule.
Admissions takes the first call and plans each arrival. Meet Longleaf's leadership team, or see careers at Longleaf Lodge.
After the Lodge
Aftercare and continuing care after residential treatment
After the Lodge, most people step down to care closer to home: partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient aftercare at Birmingham Recovery Center, Longleaf Recovery Huntsville and Longleaf Recovery Baldwin; mental health and psychiatric care at Longleaf Wellness Birmingham; and virtual IOP for people anywhere in Alabama.
- STEP 1 Medical detox At the Lodge
- STEP 2 Residential treatment At the Lodge
- STEP 3 Partial hospitalization Longleaf locations
- STEP 4 Intensive outpatient Longleaf locations or virtual
- STEP 5 Outpatient aftercare Longleaf locations
Talk with admissions
Questions about the Lodge, or need care today?
Longleaf Lodge is for adults with a substance use disorder, with or without a co-occurring mental health condition.
Our admissions team answers every call. We can tell you more about the Lodge, add you to the interest list for Summer 2027, and help you find care that is open today at one of Longleaf’s Alabama locations.
In an emergency, call 911. For a mental health or substance use crisis, call or text 988.