Residential long-term treatment is statistically the most optimal rehabilitation program and treatment approach in terms of success rates when measuring long-term abstinence long after the individual leaves treatment. Residential long-term treatment in Louise offers the treatment client in treatment a positive and effective treatment setting. In residential long-term treatment the individual can take part in rehabilitation activities in a safe and distraction free setting in which there is very little that could possibly impede their success or development while in alcohol and drug rehabilitation. The long-term aspect is essentially what will ensure the individual is confident and stable enough to be able to remain abstinent when they leave drug rehab, because 4 weeks is most often simply insufficient time in drug and alcohol treatment for the more seriously addicted people. It can take a number of months to achieve the confidence that one is going to be able to remain drug free, with a significant and very intensive course of rehab in a residential drug rehab.