Residential long-term treatment is according to statistics the most proven and workable treatment program and method in terms of success rates when measuring long-term abstinence once treatment is complete. Residential long-term treatment in St. Johns provides the individual in rehabilitation a recovery oasis. In residential long-term treatment the person can participate in rehab services in a safe and distraction free setting where there is virtually nothing that could possibly cut across their successes or progress while in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. The long-term element is in fact what will ensure the person is reassured and secure enough to be able to remain off of drugs when they are finished with alcohol and drug treatment, due to the fact that 4 weeks is most often just not enough time in drug and alcohol rehabilitation for seriously addicted treatment clients. It can take a number of weeks to achieve the confidence that one is going to be able to continue to remain off of drugs and/or alcohol, with a significant and intense course of treatment in a residential drug rehab.