Residential long-term treatment is statistically the most optimal 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 Island Lake offers the individual in rehab a recovery treatment setting. In residential long-term treatment the person can participate in rehab activities in a more proactive and distraction free setting where there is very little that could possibly get in the way of their success or progress while in alcohol and drug rehab. The long-term element is in essence what will ensure the person is reassured and confident enough to be able to continue to be abstinent when they are finished with alcohol and drug treatment, because 4 weeks is most often simply insufficient time in drug rehab for seriously addicted treatment clients. It can take many months to acquire the confidence that one can continue to remain abstinent, with a significant and intense course of rehab in a residential drug rehab.