Outpatient drug treatment only has a 5 percent success rate and is not recommended. Often, there's a waiting period to get into a treatment center. You will need guidance and support during this agonizing time. Some areas have more than one meeting a day. This can take from two days to several months, depending on the severity of your problem and the drugs being abused.
Many people believe that, once they go through detox, they are free of the drugs.
This is not true. You may no longer have the physical symptoms of dependence, but the psychological dependence is still there. Treatment involves learning how to overcome the psychological dependence associated with drug abuse. Treatment is done over a longer period of time, usually a month to a year. Of course, treatment is highly recommended and is really the only long-term solution to this problem.