Need Help Finding the Right Rehab For You?
✔ Complete Confidentiality
✔ Free Consultation
✔ Access to Top Treatment
A rehab specialist will help you find a treatment.
List of Long-Term Rehabs in Newfoundland
Teen Challenge Canada, Atlantic Hope Women’s Center provides a long-term residential rehabilitation program for women aged 18 and older. The faith-based program treats drug and alcohol addiction and supports single women, married women, and single mothers through structured recovery services.
Rehab Settings
- Residential Long-Term
Services Offered
- Faith-Based
- Gender-Specific
People Served
- Christian
- Women
Trust Factors
- Evidence-Based Approach
- Non-Profit Organization
- Registered Canadian Charitable Organization
St. John's, NL
Key details about Teen Challenge Canada – Atlantic Hope Women’s Centre
How long is treatment?
12 months
Is it co-ed?
No, women only
Charles J. Andrew Healing Centre (also known as CJA Healing Centre) is a holistic, residential healing facility for youth and adults in Sheshatshiu, Newfoundland and Labrador that provides culturally grounded support for Indigenous youth and adults affected by substance use, trauma and related life challenges. It combines clinical care with culturally rooted land-based healing, community values and personal growth work to support long-term emotional, spiritual and behavioural wellbeing.
Rehab Settings
- Detox
- Medical Detox
- Outpatient
- Residential Long-Term
Services Offered
- Assessment
- Drug Prevention and Education
- Family Services
- Family Support
- Holistic
- Substance Abuse Counselling
- Substance Abuse Counselling for Families
- Substance Abuse Counselling for Individuals
- Substance Abuse Group Counselling
People Served
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Co-Ed
- Family Programs
- Indigenous Peoples
Trust Factors
- Canadian Accreditation Council
- Client Testimonials
- Funded by National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP)
- Licensed Staff
- Official Canadian Substance Use Treatment Centres for First Nations and Inuit
North West River, NL
Key details about Charles J. Andrew Healing Centre
How long is treatment?
12 weeks
Is it co-ed?
Yes
What professional/medical staff work at Charles J. Andrew Healing Centre ?
Evelyn Winters, BSW | Clinical Program Manager
Alicia Montague , CAC | Clinical Counsellor
What is their capacity?
10 people
Rehab Settings
- Detox
- Medical Detox
- Residential Long-Term
Services Offered
- Aftercare
- Assessment
- Holistic
- Substance Abuse Counselling
- Substance Abuse Counselling for Individuals
People Served
- Adults
Holyrood, NL
Key details about Vida Nova Recovery
How long is treatment?
6-weeks
Does Vida Nova Recovery have a detox on-site?
Yes
What professional/medical staff work at Vida Nova Recovery?
Dr. Anthony Parrell | Medical Director
Merissa Bremer, BSW, RSW | Lead Counsellor
Brianna Strowbridge, CCC | Counsellor
Rehab Settings
- Outpatient
- Residential Long-Term
Services Offered
- Assessment
- Co-Occurring Disorders
- Substance Abuse Counselling
- Substance Abuse Counselling for Individuals
- Substance Abuse Group Counselling
People Served
- Co-Ed
Trust Factors
- Client Testimonials
- Evidence-Based Approach
St. John's, NL
Key details about Stella’s Circle – Emmanuel House
How long is treatment?
Residential/day treatment program: Four months
Day treatment: 3 to 5 mornings per week
Is it co-ed?
Yes
Why Canadians Trust DRS
Independent Resource
100% editorially independent
Hands-On Experience
A combined 20+ years of hands-on experience getting people into and through treatment
400K+ real conversations with recovery experts
Trusted by Millions
More than 15 million Canadians trust DRS as a recovery resource
Expertise Backed by Research
Treatment listings, including free treatments, backed by thousands of hours of research and a clear vetting process to ensure they are accurate, comprehensive, and meet our ethical standards
Canada’s Most Trusted Addiction Recovery Resource Since 2004
As Canada’s longest-running directory and addiction treatment provider, we are the go-to source connecting Canadians with treatment options.
Family-Owned Commitment
As a family-owned and operated organization, we bring personal dedication and long-term commitment to helping families recover
Frequently Asked Questions
Long-term residential treatment is typically the right fit for people with moderate to severe substance use disorders, particularly those whose home environment doesn't support recovery, who have concurrent mental health conditions needing daily clinical attention, or who need sustained structure to build the stability that early recovery requires. Living at the treatment facility removes the environmental triggers and daily stressors that make staying sober so difficult in the outside world, giving the person concentrated time and therapeutic support to do the deeper work that lasting recovery depends on.
For people with more severe or long-standing addiction, longer residential treatment allows more time to stabilise, address concurrent mental health conditions, build genuine coping skills, and prepare for re-entry into daily life rather than just getting through the acute phase. Short-term programmes can work well for the right person, but for those with complex presentations, multiple prior treatment episodes, or environments that don't support recovery, a longer stay provides the sustained structure and therapeutic depth that lasting change actually requires.
Multiple shorter treatment episodes without sustained recovery is one of the clearest clinical indicators that a longer programme is warranted. It's not a sign of failure; it's a signal that the intensity and duration of treatment hasn't yet matched the complexity of what the person is dealing with. Long-term residential treatment provides extended time away from the environment that drives substance use, more opportunity for the brain to recover, and enough clinical depth to properly address concurrent mental health conditions and the deeper patterns that shorter stays rarely have time to reach. A Canadian survey found that 83% of people who had been through residential treatment rated it as very important to their recovery.
Long-term residential programmes, typically three months to a year or more, follow a structured daily schedule that combines individual counselling, group therapy, life skills workshops, and peer community time. The early weeks focus on stabilisation and building trust; as the programme progresses, the work shifts toward deeper therapeutic exploration, relapse prevention planning, and preparing for independent life. Structure itself is a core part of the treatment: regular sleep, mealtimes, and programming restore the daily rhythms that substance use disrupts, and peer relationships built over months become one of the most lasting resources people take out of treatment
Professional Perspective
One of the most well-supported findings in addiction research is that the amount of time a person stays engaged in treatment has a direct relationship with how well they do afterward. This has been demonstrated across substances, across treatment settings, and across decades of clinical study. People who remain in some form of structured care for longer periods are consistently more likely to reduce their substance use, avoid relapse, and regain stability in their employment, relationships, and overall functioning.
Despite this, much of the treatment system still operates on short timelines. Many publicly funded and insurance-driven programs are built around 28- or 30-day stays, a model shaped more by cost containment than by what the clinical evidence actually supports. The disconnect between what research shows and what most people are offered when they enter treatment is one of the more important gaps for anyone evaluating their options to understand. A 20-year review of continuing care studies conducted through the University of Pennsylvania examined what actually makes the difference in sustaining recovery after an initial phase of treatment, and found that duration was one of the clearest predictors of success.
“The results indicate that continuing care interventions were more likely to produce positive treatment effects when they had a longer planned duration, made more active efforts to deliver treatment to patients, and were studied more recently.”
What This Means
The research is clear that treatment programs with a longer planned duration produce better results, because recovery involves real behavioral and neurological change that doesn’t happen on a fixed schedule. Equally important, the most effective programs don’t just keep the door open longer; they actively reach out to keep people engaged, rather than waiting for patients to show up on their own. For anyone currently looking for a treatment program, these findings suggest two practical questions worth asking: how long does the program’s care plan actually extend, and what does the facility do to keep people connected to support after the initial phase ends?