Generally, for residential or outpatient treatment, participation for less than 90 days has no effectiveness, and treatments lasting significantly longer often are required. Follow-up contact, as well as participation in support groups, has both been shown to improve long-term treatment outcomes.
Cliffside Malibu understands that you have diverse needs and this is why we incorporate outpatient drug addiction programs into your treatment plan, once you have gained sobriety at our center. These types of programs, such as meeting with your sponsor or going to meetings outside of the center will help you adjust to having less structure and prepare you to go back to your life.
The physical dimension of substance abuse treatment, it follows, aims to break that reliance by cleansing an addict’s systems of drugs and drug byproducts. Drug detoxification, overseen by qualified drug detox professionals, helps addicts navigate the straits of drug withdrawal with a minimum of physical side effects, thus preparing them for the later stages of the drug rehabilitation process.