Short-term drug rehab and alcohol treatment services in Garden City, Louisiana are usually delivered in a residential or inpatient facility for a period of 30 days or less. While long term drug rehabilitation requires at least a 90 day stay and a much more rigorous course of treatment, short-term drug rehab and alcohol treatment services work by getting the individual abstinent through detoxification in conjunction with a brief course of counseling and therapy to lightly deal with addiction issues. Because it can take several weeks if not months to truly address everything which could hang the person up and cause relapse once they go back into the real world, short-term drug rehab and alcohol treatment services may not be recommended for those in Garden City, LA. who have a trueaddiction and/or dependence to drugs.