Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Outpatient drug and alcohol treatment ten minutes from OOB. Our schedule flexes with hospitality shifts, summer overload, and the long quiet winter that follows, PHP, IOP, outpatient therapy, and medication-assisted treatment, MaineCare accepted.
Confidential · Free benefits check · Answered 24/7
10 min
From Old Orchard Beach
Year-round
Care through the off-season
MaineCare
Accepted, plus major plans
No waitlist
Openings available now
Medically reviewed
Benjamin Crocker, MD
Psychiatrist · Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine · MD, The Ohio State University · Residency & fellowship training at the University of Michigan and LAC+USC Medical Center
Last reviewed August 2026. Read our editorial standards & clinical review process
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Joint Commission Accredited
Maine DHHS Licensed
Psychology Today VerifiedWhy Old Orchard Beach residents come to us
Old Orchard Beach runs on a season. From June to Labor Day there is too much work, too much alcohol, and no time to think about it. From October to April there is too little of everything, and that is when the drinking or the using stops being manageable.
We build recovery plans around that rhythm rather than pretending it does not exist. Summer clients get schedules that survive a double shift; winter clients get the structure and connection that an empty town does not provide.
Our alumni program matters here more than almost anywhere else we serve. Staying connected through a Maine off-season is a real clinical intervention, not a nice extra.
Starting treatment in Old Orchard Beach?
We'll check your benefits free in minutes, MaineCare and most major plans accepted.
Program offerings
OOB schedules swing with the season, so we build the program around the calendar you actually work, heavier structure in the off-season, evening-weighted IOP through the summer.
Full days of clinical programming, group therapy, individual sessions, psychiatric and medical oversight, with evenings at home. Best for stepping down from detox or a hospital stay, or when use has escalated past what weekly therapy can hold.
Several sessions each week of group and individual therapy built around a work or school schedule. This is where most clients spend the bulk of treatment, long enough for real clinical work, flexible enough to keep a job.
Ongoing weekly therapy for people who have stabilized and want to protect their progress, relapse prevention, continued skill work, and a standing connection to a clinician who knows your history.
Buprenorphine (Suboxone) and naltrexone (Vivitrol) for opioid and alcohol use disorder, prescribed by trusted local MAT providers we work hand in hand with, and always paired with therapy here, never medication alone.
Telehealth groups and individual therapy for the weeks when the commute, childcare, or a car problem would otherwise cost you a session. Most clients blend in-person and virtual across an episode of care.
Education and structured sessions for partners, parents, and adult children. Addiction reorganizes a household; treatment that ignores the household tends not to hold once programming ends.
How this works in Old Orchard Beach
Seasonal and hospitality workers can shift group times when the season turns, and our team handles benefits changes between summer employment and off-season coverage so treatment does not lapse in September.
The town after Labor Day
From Memorial Day to Labor Day, Old Orchard Beach is the busiest beach town in Maine, the pier, Palace Playland, packed motels, and a service economy running flat out. Then the season ends, the tourists leave, and the roughly nine thousand people who actually live here get their town back. That is the town we treat.
Year-round OOB life has a particular shape: seasonal income that arrives in a rush and has to stretch through winter, housing that turns over around you, and a Main Street that goes dark in November. It is a recipe for isolation, and isolation is where alcohol and drug use quietly become unmanageable. The calls we get from OOB spike in the shoulder seasons, September and April, right at the transitions.
Our answer is built for that rhythm. Summer clients get evening-weighted schedules that survive restaurant and motel shifts. Winter clients get structure, group connection, and alumni programming through the months when the town offers neither. And because we are ten minutes away year-round, the plan does not have to change when the season does.
Serving Old Orchard Beach, Saco, Biddeford, Scarborough, Pine Point, and all of York County. Call 855-449-7674 for a confidential assessment.
Alcohol dominates in a hospitality town, but we see plenty of opioid, stimulant, and polysubstance use tied to keeping up with summer hours. Co-occurring depression and seasonal isolation get treated as part of the same plan.
Co-occurring conditions. Depression, anxiety, trauma, and grief show up alongside addiction constantly. We treat them as part of the same plan rather than sending you somewhere else for half of it.
Our Spaces
Where you recover matters. Every room at Portland Treatment was designed to feel calm, open, and human, so you can focus on the work of getting well.
The first room you walk into sets the tone. Warm light, real people, and a team that knows your name before you sit down.
A friendly face, a calm lobby, and a team ready to help you take the first step without judgment.
Our yoga therapy space is prepared with mats, bolsters, blocks, and room to practice mindful movement at your own pace.
Open, bright waiting areas designed to feel like a place you'd actually want to spend time, not a clinic hallway.
Private offices where honest conversations happen between clients and clinicians, safe, confidential, and focused on you.
Comfortable group lounges where honest conversation happens and community starts to take hold.
Our community room hosts everything from movie nights to ping-pong tournaments, because healing needs joy, too.
Getting here from Old Orchard Beach
Our center is in Biddeford, a short drive from Old Orchard Beach, Ocean Park, and Pine Point. When a car falls through or a shift runs long, virtual sessions keep the week intact instead of ending it.
From Old Orchard Beach pier
~10 minutes via Route 5
From Ocean Park
~8 minutes via Route 9
From Pine Point
~14 minutes via Route 9
Insurance
Portland Treatment is in-network with Anthem, UMR/UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Harvard Pilgrim, Martin's Point, TRICARE and MaineCare, Cigna is our only out-of-network plan. In-network means contracted rates, lower coinsurance and no balance bill. We verify your benefits free, in minutes, with no obligation.
Free, confidential, no obligation
Or read the coverage guide for your plan, Anthem rehab coverage, Cigna rehab coverage, MaineCare rehab coverage and other accepted insurance plans.
Also serving Saco, Biddeford, Scarborough, Pine Point and the rest of Southern Maine.
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Free, confidential insurance check, most major plans and MaineCare accepted.
