Dr. Drew visits the homes and workplaces of the celebrity patients to initiate them into a recovery programme.

During the acute management phase of the treatment, the celebrities undergo a medical detox and suffer withdrawals.

As the patients begin to emerge from severe withdrawals, they start to focus on their surroundings and begin to communicate with the staff.

Celebrities begin group therapy and start to examine the underlying causes of why they use.

Emotional confrontations between patients, recovered addicts and counselors open the doors to true progress and healing.

Celebrities are at a point in recovery where they either understand the process, or cause dissidence.