For people in Fayette County and the counties around it who have finished detox and need more structure than a weekly appointment, our outpatient program in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, includes a place to live during treatment.
A lot of Lexington looks fine from the road: the horse farms along Paris Pike and Old Frankfort Pike, the crowds at Keeneland in April and October, the hospital towers at UK HealthCare, the steady professional life of a university town. The weeks after detox are just as hard here. Someone finishes a few days of detox, drives home down New Circle Road, and walks back into an apartment where nothing has changed except that they are sober and tired and alone with it.
Peachtree Recovery Solutions runs adult outpatient addiction treatment in Peachtree Corners with sober housing attached, and Lexington is one of the cities we serve across Kentucky. For you or a loved one, the decision in front of you is what the next three months should look like.
Lexington's Numbers, and the Gap Behind Them
Kentucky’s 2025 overdose fatality report, which researchers at UK’s Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center put together, counts 72 Fayette County residents who died of an overdose in 2025. The county’s age-adjusted rate of 23.3 per 100,000 sits just under the statewide 24.3. Counted by where the death happened, Fayette also ranked second in the state, behind only Jefferson County, for overdose deaths involving fentanyl and for those involving methamphetamine. Next door in Madison County, home to Richmond and Berea, the 2025 rate was 33.3.
Those numbers have been falling across Kentucky for four years, which is real progress. They also describe a city where substance use disorder is a regular part of life for a great many families. Lexington has detox options, emergency care, and recovery meetings across town, from downtown churches to the suburbs off Man o’ War Boulevard. The Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy points Lexington residents to Get Help Lex, an online directory of local substance use services.
What there is less of, here and almost everywhere, is the middle level of care. Detox lasts days. A weekly counseling session is an hour. In between belongs a program that fills most of the weekday with treatment while a person sleeps somewhere safe and sober. That middle stretch, the first months after detox, is when most people either build a recovery or slide back.
Six Hours South on I-75
The drive is simple. Get on I-75 south at the Man o’ War or Athens-Boonesboro exits and stay on it. Richmond, Berea, London, and Corbin go by, then Jellico at the Tennessee line, then Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Dalton. At the north end of Atlanta, I-285 east connects to I-85 north, and Peachtree Corners is a short way up. It is about 375 miles and six hours, more with stops or Atlanta traffic.
Blue Grass Airport has nonstop flights to Hartsfield-Jackson, which turns the trip into a short flight plus about 45 minutes up I-85 from the airport. That matters most for family who want to come down for a session and fly home the same day.
The people, places, and habits connected to using in Lexington are not a short drive away, and the sober apartments keep evenings and weekends structured. It is also close enough that a parent can drive down for a family therapy session and be back in Fayette County that night.
A Weekday in the Program
Most people from Lexington start in the partial hospitalization program, which runs Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. As things steady, they step down to the intensive outpatient program, which meets from 9:00 a.m. to noon either five days or three days a week. There are also virtual evening and hybrid tracks, six schedule options in all.
What Fills the Hours
- Group therapy built on CBT and DBT: Cognitive behavioral therapy works on the thought that comes right before using. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches ways to ride out a craving or a hard feeling without acting on it.
- Weekly individual therapy: Each person meets one-on-one with a master’s-level therapist every week.
- Relapse prevention: Relapse prevention work maps out a person’s own warning signs and what to do when they show up.
- Trauma-informed care: When past trauma is part of why someone started using, it becomes part of the treatment plan.
- Medication where it fits: Medication-assisted treatment options include Sublocade, a monthly buprenorphine shot for opioid use disorder, plus Suboxone, naltrexone, and Vivitrol. A prescriber decides whether any of them fit.
- Supports outside the clinical work: Music therapy, holistic therapy, red light therapy, AA and NA meetings, and group outings.
Keeping a Lexington Job While You Are Away
For many people, the thing that keeps them home is a job. A nurse at one of the hospitals, a manager at a plant in Georgetown, someone a few years into a career downtown. Clients here keep their phones and, with approval, can work from a laptop during their stay. The virtual evening IOP, which meets Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., is often how people fit treatment around work as they step down.
The federal Family and Medical Leave Act can protect a job during treatment for a serious health condition, for eligible employees at covered employers. Using FMLA for rehab takes some paperwork, and it is worth sorting out with HR before a start date. The program also offers resume and job-search help for anyone whose work history needs rebuilding.
Coverage From Kentucky
A Kentucky address does not change your network. Peachtree Recovery Solutions is in-network with Optum, including UnitedHealthcare, UMR, Oscar, and Surest plans, and with TRICARE East Select and Prime. If you carry one of those, you are in-network here the same as at home.
Federal parity law generally requires health plans to cover substance use treatment on terms no stricter than medical care. Your deductible, prior authorization rules, and number of approved days still depend on your policy. Verifying your benefits before you plan the drive gives you a real answer. Medicaid plans, including Kentucky’s, generally only pay providers enrolled in that state’s program, so Lexington families on Medicaid are usually best served closer to home; admissions can help you find that care. If your plan is one we do not contract with, admissions will tell you on the first call whether we can work with it.
Coming Back to the Bluegrass
The goal is to come home with the next steps already set. Aftercare planning begins well before discharge and covers a prescriber in Lexington to continue any medication, a local therapist, and meetings that fit a real week. The National Institute on Drug Abuse compares substance use disorder to other long-term conditions like asthma and high blood pressure, where a return of symptoms means the plan needs adjusting. Having a name and an appointment waiting in Lexington makes that adjustment much faster if it is ever needed.
You are not alone. You deserve to get help.
Peachtree Recovery Solutions is an industry leader in outpatient substance abuse treatment. Our team of top medical experts specialize in dual diagnosis treatment and are committed to ensuring that each patient is treated as an individual. Call us today, we’re available 24/7.
From Lexington, the First Step Is a Phone Conversation
Nobody has to pack a bag to start. The first step is a conversation with someone who will ask what the last year has looked like, what treatment has already happened, and what is waiting at home in Lexington, then tell you which level of care fits, even if the answer is something closer to Fayette County. The person making that call is often a parent or spouse rather than the one who needs care, and that is completely fine. Reach the Peachtree Recovery Solutions admissions team to go over benefits, the apartments, and the first week. Take the time you need. If someone is in danger right now, call or text 988.
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FAQs About Rehab Near Lexington in Peachtree Corners, GA
About 375 miles and six hours, almost all of it on I-75 south through Richmond, London, Corbin, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, then I-285 and I-85 at the top of Atlanta. Plan for more time with stops or Atlanta traffic. Blue Grass Airport also has nonstop flights to Hartsfield-Jackson, and the program is about 45 minutes from the airport. Because treatment is in person on weekdays, people from Lexington live in the sober apartments rather than commuting.
Yes, and most people coming from Kentucky do. The apartments are structured, which means no coming and going as you please, and they include a gym, a pool, and TVs in the bedrooms. People in PHP also get a grocery allowance. Living arrangements are set up with the admissions team as part of planning the start date.
If you start or continue a medication like buprenorphine or naltrexone here, the team helps find a prescriber in Lexington to take it over before you leave. The same goes for therapy and meetings. The point is to drive home with the first local appointments already on the calendar, so nothing stops just because the address changed.
Many people do some work. Clients keep their phones and, with approval, can work from a laptop. PHP fills most of the weekday, so heavy work schedules usually wait until a person steps down to IOP, where the virtual evening track and the hybrid options leave more of the day open. The program also offers resume and job-search help for anyone rebuilding their work history.
Sources
- Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy. (2026). 2025 drug overdose fatality report. Retrieved from: https://odcp.ky.gov/Documents/2025%20Overdose%20Fatality%20Report.pdf. Accessed on October 27, 2026.
- Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy. (n.d.). Treatment and recovery resources. Retrieved from: https://odcp.ky.gov/Resources/Pages/Treatment-and-Recovery-Resources.aspx. Accessed on October 27, 2026.
- Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center. (n.d.). Drug overdose prevention. Retrieved from: https://kiprc.uky.edu/injury-focus-areas/drug-overdose-prevention. Accessed on October 27, 2026.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse. (n.d.). Treatment and recovery. Retrieved from: https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/treatment-recovery. Accessed on October 27, 2026.
- U.S. Department of Labor. (n.d.). Family and Medical Leave Act. Retrieved from: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla. Accessed on October 27, 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (n.d.). The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). Retrieved from: https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/mental-health-parity-addiction-equity. Accessed on October 27, 2026.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (n.d.). Treatment options for substance use disorder. Retrieved from: https://www.samhsa.gov/substance-use/treatment/options. Accessed on October 27, 2026.
Overview
- Where it is: 3060 Business Park Drive in Norcross, Georgia, in the Peachtree Corners area northeast of Atlanta. About 375 miles and six hours from Lexington, nearly all of it on I-75. The program is in Georgia, not Kentucky.
- What it is: Adult outpatient treatment for substance use disorder at the partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) levels, with six schedule options.
- Where you live: Structured sober apartments with a gym and a pool, so the hours outside treatment have structure too.
- Coverage: In-network with Optum (UnitedHealthcare, UMR, Oscar, and Surest plans) and with TRICARE East Select and Prime.
- Not detox: People start here medically stable. If withdrawal care comes first, it happens with a medical provider, and admissions helps plan the order.