Residential long-term treatment is according to statistics the most optimal rehabilitation facility and approach in terms of success rates when measuring long-term abstinence long after the individual leaves treatment. Residential long-term treatment in Pickens provides the individual in treatment a recovery oasis. In residential long-term treatment the treatment client can involved in rehabilitation activities in a safe and distraction free environment in which there is virtually nothing that could possibly cut across their success or development while in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. The long-term aspect is essentially what will ensure the treatment client is self assured and confident enough to be able to remain off of drugs when they leave drug treatment, due to the fact that one month is more often than not just insufficient time in alcohol and drug rehabilitation for the more seriously addicted people. It can take many weeks to achieve the confidence that one can stay drug free, with a significant and very intensive course of rehabilitation in a residential drug rehab.