Short-term drug rehab and alcohol treatment services in Whiteville, NC. are ordinarily delivered in an inpatient or residential setting for a period of 30 days or less. While long term drug treatment requires at least a 90 day stay and a lot 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 emotional addiction issues. Since it usually takes several weeks if not months to truly address everything which may 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 Whiteville, NC. who have a trueaddiction and/or dependence to drugs.