Augustine Recovery Center

About Augustine Recovery Center

Augustine Recovery Center is a men-only, long-term residential addiction treatment program in Saint Augustine, Florida, built around a 90-day stay. They help men recover from alcohol and drug addiction, co-occurring mental health conditions, and trauma, including PTSD, using a holistic approach that looks past symptoms to the emotional pain and patterns driving substance use. Founded by Jason and Lauren Chane, whose own recoveries shape the program, they keep groups small, maintain roughly two staff members for every client, and follow a disciplined daily schedule on an eight-acre wooded property near the coast. Families are encouraged to take part through visits focused on rebuilding trust and repairing relationships.

Clinical care combines individual and group therapy with EMDR for trauma, neurofeedback to support emotional regulation and ease anxiety, and expressive and experiential therapies. Men also attend groups on behavior modification and emotion management, receive education about addiction, and work through an in-depth, personal 12-step immersion, with optional family therapy available. Physical health is part of the work, too: residents plan and cook shared meals with dietary guidance, follow personalized fitness routines, practice meditation, and go surfing on weekends. Before discharge, staff help each man prepare for life afterward, including connections to sober living, intensive outpatient treatment, and continuing care.