Sober Living for Substance Abuse After Drug Treatment Programs
April 19, 2008
Sober living facilities or halfway houses are set up to be a transitional living situation for recovering addicts and alcoholics after their treatment program. Sober living homes are only for recovering substance abusers who all have the goal of maintaining their sobriety.
These programs provide the residents with the support of people who understand what they are going through. The sober living homes usually have staff living with the residents to give extra support. Sober living homes require residents to participate in random drug testing and their rooms are checked for drugs, paraphernalia, and alcohol. These procedures are designed to protect the individual and the safety and sobriety of the other residents. Sober living homes generally require residents to obtain a job or return to school. This helps residents lead constructive lives and build a life after drug abuse. Typically, sober living homes have a curfew for its residents. The rules of most sober living facilities also require residents to attend support meetings every week to help the recovery process. Usually, depending on the facility the meetings are held there or the residents attend a local addiction treatment meeting together.
Some sober living homes allow each resident to return home for the weekend. This provides residents to visit with loved ones for an extended period from Friday and all day Saturday and sometimes into Sunday. Usually this is considered a privilege and not all residents are given this opportunity. The staff usually bases its decision to allow the privilege on a variety of different factors like the individual residents relapse history, the home situation and the people they are visiting.
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