Residential long-term treatment is statistically the most optimal treatment program and treatment approach in terms of success rates when considering long-term abstinence long after the individual leaves treatment. Residential long-term treatment in New Canaan, Connecticut provides the treatment client in treatment a recovery oasis. In residential long-term treatment the person can take part in rehabilitation services in a secure and distraction free environment in which there is very little that could possibly impede their success or forward progress while in drug treatment. The long-term concept is in fact what will ensure the treatment client is self assured and stable enough to be able to stay abstinent when they are finished with drug treatment, due to the fact that 4 weeks is more often than not simply insufficient time in alcohol and drug treatment for seriously addicted individuals. It can take several weeks to achieve the self confidence that one can stay off of drugs and/or alcohol, with a lengthy and very intensive course of rehabilitation in a residential drug rehab.