Residential long-term treatment is , when using statistics as a measure, the most optimal treatment program and treatment approach in terms of success rates when considering long-term abstinence once treatment is complete. Residential long-term treatment in Arab offers the individual in rehabilitation a recovery treatment setting. In residential long-term treatment the person can participate in rehab methods in a more proactive and distraction free area in which there is very little that could possibly cut across their successes or forward progress while in alcohol and drug rehab. The long-term aspect is in fact what will ensure the treatment client is reassured and secure enough to be able to continue to be abstinent when they leave drug and alcohol treatment, mainly because one month is most often simply not enough time in alcohol and drug rehabilitation for the more seriously addicted treatment clients. It can take several weeks to achieve the confidence that one can stay off of drugs and/or alcohol, with a significant and intense stint in rehabilitation in a residential drug rehab.