Residential long-term treatment is according to statistics the most optimal rehab facility and treatment approach in terms of actual results when measuring long-term abstinence long after the individual leaves treatment. Residential long-term treatment in Windham, New York offers the person in rehab a positive and effective oasis. In residential long-term treatment the treatment client can participate in rehabilitation activities in a more proactive and distraction free setting where there is very little that might cut across their success or forward progress while in alcohol and drug rehabilitation. The long-term aspect is in essence what will guarantee the individual is reassured and confident enough to be able to stay abstinent when they depart drug treatment, mainly because 30 days is most often just not enough time in drug treatment for critically addicted people. It can take many weeks to achieve the self confidence that one is going to be able to remain off of drugs and/or alcohol, with a significant and intense course of treatment in a residential drug rehab.