Short-term drug rehab and alcohol treatment services in Binghamton, New York are usually delivered in a residential or inpatient facility for a period of 30 days or less. While long term drug treatment requires at least a 90 day stay and a much more demanding course of treatment, short-term drug rehab and alcohol treatment services work to get the individual abstinent through detoxification followed by a brief course of counseling and therapy to lightly deal with emotional addiction issues. Since it usually takes several weeks if not months to fully address all issues which might result in relapse once they go back into the real world, short-term drug rehab and alcohol treatment services may not be adequate for those in Binghamton, NY. who have a trueaddiction and/or dependence to drugs.