Long term drug rehabs is usually indicative to a treatment program with a duration of at least 90 days or longer. There is no “magic number” as to how long is best when it comes to the length of drug rehabilitation. However, a program where the individual is able to move at their own pace is ideal when it comes to drug treatment. Most drug rehab programs have a set amount of duration towards one’s recovery in a residential setting. Because each person’s recovery needs are different, a long term drug rehab is best, particularly in case of severe drug addiction or Alcoholism. Most in-patient drug rehab programs are only 28 or 30 days and that just isn’t enough time to produce significant long term recovery for the severely addicted individual.
A long term drug treatment program that addresses the psychological and biophysical aspect of addiction is important at increasing the overall changes for recovery. Long term drug rehabs generally have a duration of 3 to 12 months and are focused on the “re-socialization” of the individual. These types of facilities use the program’s entire “community,” including other residents, staff, and the social context, as active components of treatment. Long term drug rehab facilities focus on developing personal accountability, responsibility, and socially productive lives as well as addiction education curriculum. They are highly structured with activities designed to help residents examine damaging beliefs, self-concepts, and patterns of addictive behavior and to adopt new, more harmonious and constructive ways to to live.
Through long term treatment, individuals are able to live their daily life for a substantial amount of time off drugs, which has probably not been the case for quite some time. This allows them to truly know what sobriety feels like. With shorter treatment programs, the drug addict does not get to experience a significant amount of time off drugs. They have just enough time to withdrawal, detox and attends a few group sessions before they are back in society unequipped to deal with the same social pressures that drove them to treatment in the first place and the drug abusing behavior therefore returns.