Residential long-term treatment in Petersburg is when measured by statistics the most successful rehabilitation facility and approach when speaking of results when measuring long-term abstinence after completing treatment. Residential long-term treatment provides the individual in rehabilitation a recovery oasis. In residential long-term treatment the person can participate in treatment activities in a positive and distraction free facility in which there is virtually nothing that might sabotage their success or progress while in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. The long-term element is in essence what will ensure the client is assured and secure enough to be able to stay drug free when they leave alcohol and drug rehab in Petersburg, due to the fact that four weeks is most often simply insufficient time in alcohol and drug rehabilitation for seriously addicted clients. It can take many weeks to achieve the self-confidence that one can continue to be drug free, with a significant and intensive length of time spent in rehabilitation in a residential program.