Outcomes and results · Costa Rica Treatment Center
We track what happens after our clients leave. Because that is what matters.
Recovery is not measured at discharge. It is measured at one year. At five years. In the quality of life someone is living. At CRTC we follow up with our clients because we genuinely want to know how they are doing. And because the data makes us better.
Abstinence at one year post discharge · program completers
Based on our own follow-up data with our own patients. Not an industry average pulled from a trade publication. Not a number from a study done somewhere else. Our clients. One year after leaving.
700+
Patients treated since 2018
The full treatment center model launched in 2018. More than 700 patients have been through the program since then.
10+
Years of experience in Costa Rica
Founded in 2016 as a sober living and recovery support environment before evolving into the comprehensive treatment program it is today.
1:1
Staff to patient ratio
Across both centers. A deliberate clinical and philosophical choice that makes individualized care genuinely possible.
28
Maximum patients across both centers
Small enough to truly know everyone. Large enough to sustain a meaningful therapeutic community.
4.6★★★★★
Google rating
Based on 71 verified patient reviews
Why 65% matters
Context for a number that deserves context
Addiction treatment outcomes data is notoriously difficult to compare. Different programs define relapse differently. Different programs measure at different timepoints. And many programs do not publish outcomes data at all because the numbers are not good.
NIDA estimates that 40% to 60% of people treated for a substance use disorder relapse at some point, a rate similar to other chronic illnesses such as hypertension and asthma. Our figure of 65% represents abstinence without relapse at one year among clients who completed our program, based on our own follow-up with those clients after discharge.
How we measure it. We followed 100 clients who completed treatment and were discharged between January 2023 and October 2025, contacting them at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after discharge. We reached 90% of them at 12 months, and 65% of those reached reported continuous abstinence. Outcomes are self-reported and have not been independently audited.
We share this number because we believe transparency about outcomes is important. And because we believe our data reflects the quality of what we do.
The guarantee as evidence
We put our name on the outcomes
Numbers on a page are one form of evidence. The 30-day guarantee is another. Very few treatment centers offer a post-discharge guarantee of any kind because doing so means being accountable for outcomes in a very direct way.
We offer it because we are confident in the work we do. And because we believe that confidence should be backed by something concrete.
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