“Short Term” addiction treatment is available at some addiction treatment programs, but generally addiction treatment programs are designed to be a minimum of 30 days.  If you are able to find a short term addiction treatment program (e.g., less than 30 days) then it will usually consist of two weeks of inpatient treatment and then additional outpatient treatment.  Historically, addiction treatment programs were created as 28 day treatment programs because that’s all the insurance companies would pay for.  These days most addiction treatment programs, with the exception of a few, have extended their programs to be longer than 30 days.  People can still do 30 days of addiction treatment (or 28 days), but it is almost always suggested that a person stay in drug rehab for longer than 30 days if it is at all feasible for the person to do so.  No one has even considered designing a short term addiction treatment program because according to research long term treatment, not short term treatment, is more effective.  Some of the old addiction treatment programs that are now extinct were short term addiction treatment centers promising quick cures, but these failed miserably and went out of business.   Every once in a while the public is sold quick cures to addiction and alcoholism, but don’t be fooled, there is no such thing.  Treatment for addiction and alcoholism is a lifelong process that often begins in a treatment facility, but then must continue long after. 

At NTS we have allowed people to enter our addiction treatment facility for two weeks, but they had to commit to outpatient treatment after leaving our inpatient facility.