Residential treatment is a good choice for those who have a moderate to severe addiction, and who have come to the point of admitting or accepting that they have a problem with drugs or alcohol that requires treatment. One of the hardest things is being able to determine if your addiction is severe enough to require residential treatment. That is a difficult determination that requires a level of objectivity that might be hard to tap into when you are actively dealing with addiction. Even people who have hit what others would call “rock bottom” can talk themselves out of treatment and convince themselves their problem isn’t that bad.