Residential addiction treatment & rehab in Los Angeles, like its counterparts nationally, requires living at the treatment facility for a certain length of time to work through the process of detox/withdrawal and recovery. During detox/withdrawal, the patient will either immediately or steadily decrease their use of drugs and alcohol (depending on how severe their addiction) to get the substances out of their system. During this time, the patient must be monitored by clinical professionals for safety. This is an important first step in the recovery process. Detox/withdrawal, however, is only the beginning. To achieve recovery and maintain sobriety, there is a lot more work that needs to be done.