Residential long-term treatment is according to statistics the most proven and workable rehab center and method in terms of success rates when measuring long-term abstinence long after the individual leaves treatment. Residential long-term treatment in Santa Barbara, California offers the individual in treatment a positive and effective treatment setting. In residential long-term treatment the individual can participate in rehab activities in a safe and distraction free setting where there is very little that could possibly cut across their success or forward progress while in drug rehabilitation. The long-term element is in essence what will ensure the treatment client is reassured and secure enough to be able to remain drug free when they leave drug and alcohol rehab, because one month is most often simply insufficient time in drug and alcohol rehab for the more seriously addicted individuals. It can take a number of months to achieve the self confidence that one is going to be able to stay abstinent, with a lengthy and intense stint in rehabilitation in a residential drug rehab.