Residential long-term treatment in Swiftwater is statistically the most optimum treatment center and strategy in terms of results when measuring long-term abstinence once treatment is complete. Residential long-term treatment gives the person in rehab a virtual 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 might cut across their sobriety or development while in drug and alcohol treatment. The long-term element is in essence what will ensure the client is confident and stable enough to be able to remain drug free when they leave alcohol and drug rehab in Swiftwater, because four weeks is most often simply insufficient time in alcohol and drug treatment for critically addicted clients. It can take several weeks to achieve the assurance that one can stay drug free, with a comprehensive and intensive length of time spent in rehabilitation in a residential program.