Adults who are ready to rebuild.
Not people who have it figured out. People who are willing to keep showing up while they figure it out.
We welcome adults who
Six things, and none of them is having your life together.
If you are not sure whether you fit, call and ask. It is a five minute conversation and it costs nothing.
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Are committed to maintaining a sober lifestyle
This is the one that is not negotiable, because the whole house rests on it. Committed does not mean certain, and it does not mean you have never relapsed. It means this is what you are trying to do.
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Need a safe and stable place to live
Coming out of treatment, out of custody, off a couch, out of a car, or out of a house where staying sober is not realistic.
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Are employed or actively seeking employment
Work is one of the strongest things going for anybody in early recovery. If you do not have a job yet, looking for one counts.
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Are working their own recovery program
Twelve-step, SMART Recovery, church, outpatient, counseling, a sponsor, or a combination. We do not prescribe which one. We do expect there to be one.
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Are independently connected with their support systems
A case manager, sponsor, probation officer, outpatient services, or other support. You keep those relationships and we work around them. We are the housing, not the program.
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Are motivated to rebuild their lives and move toward self-sufficiency
This is transitional housing. The point is that you leave it, on your own two feet, for somewhere of your own.
Said on the first call
Who we can house, and who we cannot.
You should hear this on the phone rather than discover it at the door.
Yes
- Adults, 18 and over
- Coming out of residential treatment, a hospital, custody or another sober living home
- On probation, on parole, or referred by a court
- Taking prescribed medication, including medication for opioid use disorder
- Living with a mental health diagnosis alongside their recovery, with their own care in place
- Have relapsed before, more than once. That is the population, not the exception
Not here, and we will say where instead
- Still needing detox or medically supervised withdrawal. That has to come first, somewhere equipped for it
- Needing nursing, personal care, or daily medical supervision
- In an acute mental health crisis. That is an emergency, and 988 or the county crisis team is the right call
- Not willing to live sober right now, which is a different answer from struggling to
- Where a conviction or registration means a shared home cannot keep everybody in it safe
A no from us is not the end of the call. We will help you look for the right place, and we get nothing for the referral either way.
Medication is not a barrier here
We do not refuse anybody a bed because they take buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone or any other prescribed medication. Medication for opioid use disorder is treatment, refusing somebody over it is discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and it is bad practice on top of being unlawful.
Medication is stored securely and you take it yourself, on the schedule your own prescriber set. We do not administer it, adjust it, or have opinions about it. That is between you and your doctor.