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The Sober Living programs at Amazonite Treatment Center help families and individuals suffering from drug and alcohol addiction recover and begin new lives. We know that you are tired of being sick and tired. Please know that there is help available for you and you can start fresh.
We offer premier recovery programs to help recovering addicts. At Amazonite Treatment Center, we make it possible for you to break free from addiction through healthy living environments, educational programs, and emotional support.
Sober Living Homes, or SLH, provide continuing care after addiction rehabilitation treatments. These homes are also known as transitional living or recovery residence programs. Residents stay in a supervised recovery home. They share the goal of achieving full independence after proof of stable sobriety.
Sober living helps residents transition from intensive treatment to independence. SLH residents practice full autonomy while peers and/or supervising staff keep them accountable.
It’s important to emphasize clinical supervision in any long-term sober living program.
Residents must be “clean” and working towards self-sufficiency to be admitted.
Sober living and halfway homes both require sobriety but are distinct in a few ways.
Sober Living home residents are not required to have finished or be active in formal rehabilitation. Residents are also not restricted to a limited length of stay. SLH only require residents to maintain sobriety and timely payments on residential fees.
Halfway house residents must complete or have active enrollment in rehabilitation. Also, applicants with a criminal record will be denied at many of these homes. Once accepted, residents are usually limited to a maximum stay of 12 months.
SLHs and Halfway homes may have other differences depending on the programs.
Neither type of program is the same as a residential inpatient program. Applicants may need detox and therapy pre-entry or if they relapse. Referrals to treatment services may be offered.
Sober Living may be right if the applicant needs…
Halfway House may be right if the applicant…
Applicants should know how the structured independence of SLH fits their life.
Sober living programs provide transitional homes for guided independent living. But, high-quality SLHs are still supervised, so you’ll have to follow the house’s basic rules.
For acceptance, applicants must detox and work towards long-term sobriety.
To continue staying, each resident has to fulfill all household duties, including rent.
Attendance is required for all house meetings and support group meetings.
Program intensity usually begins high and adjusts dynamically as residents progress.
Recommended length of stay is a minimum of 90 days. However, most residents stay 6-9 months before leaving for full independence. Some may even stay a year or more.
Of course, there are many other variables that affect overall program quality, effectiveness, and fit. This group tends to be somewhat consistent across most types of sober living homes—which we’ll dive deeper into momentarily.
First though, let’s take a moment to take a look at what it takes to get in and stay in a sober living program.
Sober living houses have rules designed to keep residents on-track to sobriety. SLH rules prevent engaging or substituting addictions, and help build healthy life habits. The rules also protect the recovery of other residents in the home. Residents must continue to follow the rules through their entire stay.
Common requirements for occupancy of SLHs include:
Failure to follow the rules may result in restricted living or even eviction.
In lenient SLHs, a violating resident is liable to be restricted from select privileges. If rules continue to be broken, they may be booted from the sober living home.
Zero-tolerance SLHs will evict residents in violation for any breach of their requirements.
Sexual misbehavior is grounds for immediate eviction in all sober living.
Sober living programs operate differently based on how much support they offer.
define the key offerings of each sober living:
Accountability is important not only for SLH residents, but for operating staff as well. As such, qualified staff structures in Level 3 or 4 housing may provide better results.
Beyond these basic features, some sober living may offer specializations:
With the correct program set up, you learn not only the skills to beat addiction but also skills that lead to a more fulfilling and successful life.
Transitional sober living support gaining and applying life skills for independent sobriety.
Residents learn some of these core skills:
Level 3 and 4 homes may emphasize skill-building through additional activities.
The structure of sober living tends to run in phases of increasing independence.
Any given SLH program’s phases will widely differ depending on how they operate. The level of support and services offered drastically alter what is required.
We’ll cover what you might expect in a highly structured program:
Restrictive phase starts residents with a “mental detox”. From intake, a resident focuses on the basics of living in sobriety with isolation from triggers.
Reintroduction phases gradually add personal responsibilities in the resident’s life. Once basic responsibilities are handled, related privileges will be restored as well.
Self-sufficiency phases give residents more accountability before their transition to independent living. They communicate their activities with SLH staff, but ultimately make decisions independently.
If a resident regresses or relapses, they may be required to step back into restrictions.
Sober living home residents usually have to attend a peer support group.
Support groups serve as the backbone for rejoining the community in a healthy way. These support positive social connections beyond SLHs to maintain lifelong sobriety.
12 Steps programs tends to be the most common support group in sober living.
Examples of 12 Step programs may include:
Residents in support groups get guidance from all types of individuals in recovery.
Additionally, they receive a designated support contact called a “sponsor.” Their sponsor helps to keep them accountable and be an advisor in times of difficulty.
Sober living program may last around 6 to over a year but recovery lasts a lifetime.
“Continuum of care” keeps recovering individuals in a seamless track of treatment. This model comes in levels as defined by American Society of Addiction Medicine:
Higher levels are more intense as the degree of addiction is more life-threatening. The intensity declines as an individual comes closer to early recovery.
Sober living is in Level 1 of the continuum of care. It is considered part of early recovery stages, and precedes an individual’s steps into full sobriety.
Some SLHs offer integrated IOP to provide pre-entry or post-relapse treatment. intensive outpatient programs offer a therapy plan to treat a client’s addictions.
Integrated sober living and intensive outpatient programs like Amazonite Treatment Center are a great choice for many. The strength of such programs is the combination of clinical therapy and long-term support.
IOP programs may include both group therapy and individual therapy. You might seek these services if behavior therapies such as CBT or DBT make sense for you.
Notably, IOP options aren’t for everyone. Inpatient treatment may be required for detox or 24-hr medical/psychological monitoring.
Again, not all sober living homes are created equal.
As such, you will need to identify aspects of a great recovery home for the best chance at sobriety.
Here are a few important things you should look for:
Beyond these core needs, triggers in your local environment may increase the chances of relapse. For this and other reasons, you may want to browse out-of-state sober living programs.
An out-of-state sober living program can help residents refresh their priorities to focus on sobriety.
Benefits of an non-local sober living:
Of course, out-of-state programs are not suitable for everyone.
Ideal residents may be seeking “structured” recovery away from a troublesome local history.
In summary, sober living support addiction recovery in transition to independence.
To recap what you’ve learned:
Ultimately, sober living is a great choice for those in early recovery
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