Outpatient treatment gives rehabilitation clients the ability to maintain specific obligations and aspects of their way of life while taking part in drug and alcohol treatment services. Outpatient treatment is a moderate degree of rehabilitation, and shouldn't be mistaken for the amount of rehab offered within an inpatient or residential rehab program which is significantly more extensive. Outpatient treatment may be ideal for a person who has a brief history of substance abuse for instance, but will most definitely not be sufficient for a person whose treatment needs go beyond that which outpatient treatment is able to offer. Individuals dealing with drug and alcohol use often need an extreme environmental change, because most of the things that trigger their substance abuse are purely environmental. As an example, when someone has been physically or emotionally mistreated and this is triggering their drug abuse, it's impossible for any treatment efforts to succeed should they return to such conditions on a daily basis. In outpatient treatment, individuals can take advantage of group and individual counseling, as well as family therapy services. In outpatient treatment, most facilities offer services six or seven days each week on either a part time or full time basis for four weeks or longer in some instances.