Rehab centers which provide residential treatment to clients with an added option in terms of an aftercare, with supplemental outpatient substance abuse treatment services, can be ideal for some individuals in Alba. For example, for those people who have not been successful at staying relapse free following outpatient treatment or who have relapsed in residential or other programs when no additional continuum of care was done. Relapse is not uncommon when someone has suffered with a chronic long-term addiction, so residential plus outpatient addiction rehabilitation facilities provide a new approach which will set someone up for a successful recovery from the beginning of their treatment until they are entirely integrated back into a clean and sober lifestyle with a support system to encourage this.
When someone is attending a residential rehab facility they are in a much better position to receive the correct treatment essential to their recovery from their addiction, and to be able to remain drug free while they are in rehab. This is not always what happens with outpatient treatment when the person selects this as a main treatment component, solely because they have access to drugs and alcohol if something is triggered and they are not able to receive support. Relapse is tremendously less likely for someone who gets aggressive and personalized treatment in a residential program, and then continues to receive outpatient drug and alcohol treatment provided by residential programs who construct a recovery plan that will help them easily transition back into drug free life. Residential plus outpatient addiction treatment facilities help clients develop an aftercare plan that might incorporate frequent follow-up visits with counselors who can refer them to services that may help them organize their lives in a manner that will support the clean and sober life they want to lead, such as services to help them obtain employment, receive medical and mental services, receive education resources, etc.