Residential long-term treatment is statistically the most proven and workable treatment center and approach in terms of actual results when considering long-term sobriety long after the individual leaves treatment. Residential long-term treatment in Egeland offers the individual in rehabilitation a positive and effective oasis. In residential long-term treatment the person can participate in treatment methods in a more proactive and distraction free setting in which there is very little that could possibly impede their successes or forward progress while in drug treatment. The long-term concept is in essence what will guarantee the individual is reassured and stable enough to be able to stay abstinent when they leave drug and alcohol treatment, mainly because 30 days is most often just not enough time in drug rehabilitation for the more seriously addicted treatment clients. It can take a number of months to achieve the confidence that one can remain off of drugs and/or alcohol, with a lengthy and intense course of rehabilitation in a residential drug rehab.