Inside America's Most Expensive Rehabs

VICE investigates the lucrative and faulty rehabilitation industry in the US.

Ted Jacques enrolled his son, Brandon, in what he thought was the "best treatment center money could buy"—A Sober Way Home in Prescott, Arizona—in February 2011, not long after Brandon's mother, Kim, discovered the 20-year-old sprawled out and unconscious on the bathroom floor. He had just sucked down a red Solo cup filled to the brim with Crown Royal, and the booze sent him reeling to the ground. It didn't help that Brandon's belly was likely empty from forced vomiting. Kim rapidly unlocked the door after hearing the sound of her son's body smack the linoleum. The shower was still running, Brandon's eyes had rolled into the back of his head, and blood was trickling out of his mouth. It was a horrifying wake-up call, but just one of the many wrenching episodes related to Brandon's years of bulimia and alcoholism.

This video originally aired on VICE in 2014.