Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for individuals in Sheffield, AL. who have been required to attend drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been issued because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in Sheffield, AL. are occasionally sent to attend a drug rehabilitation facility in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has proven very beneficial in Sheffield, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.