The rehab center: Promises Malibu is the detox center of choice when the excesses of celebrity life become well, excessive. (A-List).

W, March, 2002 by Cutter, Kimberly

Rehab with a view. That's the idea behind Promises Malibu, the sprawling, manicured treatment center for chemical addiction crouched high above the Pacific in the sunbaked Santa Monica Mountains. Boasting a four-star location, swimming pool, tennis courts, lobster entrees and spalike levels of staff attention--not to mention a celebrity clientele that has included Ben Affleck, Robert Downey Jr., Matthew Perry and Charlie Sheen--Promises is easily the country's most luxurious and high-powered center for substance-abuse rehabilitation.

And at $33,000 a month (with the average stay running 60 to 70 days), it may also be one of the most expensive--a fact that has raised no small amount of controversy in the industry. "It's unnecessary to charge a patient so much...