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ADMISSION

 

Who We Serve                         

  • What to Bring

  • Intake Process

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What to Expect In-House

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  • Length of Stay

  • Shared Dinners

  • Peer Driven Recreation

  • Clinical Coordination

  • Drug Testing & Safety

  • Sound Bath

  • Art Therapy

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Amenities

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  • Devine Equine

  • Gym Membership at Coastline​​​

  • Family Coach

  • Transportation & Bikes

WHO WE SERVE

  • We serve graduates of 30-, 60-, or 90-day programs. They enter our program able to live independently and harmoniously in a community sober living.

  • We welcome those who are willing to go to a 12-step meeting every day.

  • Occasionally we accept some people who may only have completed detox but have a long history of residential treatment.

  • We welcome those with co-occurring PTSD, ADHD, depression and anxiety.

  • We're not a clinical program but all of our clients are supported by an individualized "wrap-around" clinical program. 

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What to Bring. Intake Process.

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What to Bring to Sober Living

Please bring: clothes for one week, including both work and workout clothes, and laundry basket/detergent. Sports equipment, a bike if you'd like, including helmet. Your resume. A week's worth of breakfast and lunch groceries. You'll purchase dinner depending how many are in the house for the one night every one-two weeks that you'll cook otherwise, your dinner is provided by your housemates. Use our linens/towels or bring your own. Ask what size your bed will be. According to the individual situation, you may bring electronics - including laptops.

No alcohol-based toiletries.

No candles.  

No aerosols.

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Cole the dog, Guest Dogs

AKC Chocolate Lab named Cole aced his classes toward becoming a therapy dog years ago. Well known for his tennis ball collection. He often hovers between couch potato and dog of action. Nearly always available for walks, snuggling and sleep overs. 

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Guest Dogs are allowed. We accept only one at a time. They are accepted after the client has been with us for two weeks. The dog comes in on a one-week trial basis.  

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Intake Process
at Right Path House

  • start by calling 203-339-1191.

  • There are generally two interviews. The first one is with the intake coordinator and the second is with house members

  • once the phone interviews are complete, we set up a deposit to hold the bed and set a date and time for arrival. 

  • during the second interview, you'll be able to speak directly to members of the house.

  • based on the clinical expertise of your current clinician, and if it's not already completed by the rehab, we will help you set up your clinical plan prior to your arrival.

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What to Expect at Right Path Sober Living

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  • Shared Dinners

  • Peer-Driven Recreation

  • One-To-One Coaching

  • Drug Testing & Safety

  • How to Pay

  • Peer-Driven Activities

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Length of Stay
  • We require a 87 day minimum stay

  • According to SAMSHA research, the most effective length of stay for sustainable recovery is at 14.2 months

  • Our average length of stay is 7 months

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Coaching
  • Information to make big decisions.

  • Setting up a schedule including finding a clinical fit

  • Job hunting and maintaining.

  • Crisis help during an emotional rollercoaster ride or a difficult day.

  • Accountability for meeting attendance and step work

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Test Services

We screen using both a 14-panel with

temperature including 72 hour ETG and breathylizing.

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Work or School
  • There is plenty of varied work or institutes of higher education 

  • three community colleges

  • Yale, UNH, and Southern Connecticut State University. 

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Payments

Payments are due every month. We use AUTOPAY and also accept Venmo, personal checks, cash, and credit card (with a 3.5% "convenience" charge). Depending on the room, the cost runs from 1850 to 2750. There is a non-refundable 250 administrative fee required for the first month. 

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How Shared Dinners Work

Every evening we gather for a family-like dinner that one of us prepares with love and care. If you have dietary restrictions, we try to handle them like a family would and make accommodations. 

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Peer-Driven Activities
  • Biking and hiking

  • Always invitational to join in the fun- we're a vacation spot 

  • There's already too much to list, while our house members are often busy coming up with new ones. 

  • Bring hiking boots or good sneakers and your own helmet.

Amenities
at Right Path Sober Living

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  • Transportation

  • Devine Equine​

  • The Gym

Women's sober living
Bikes
  • You may bring your bike and store it in the garage/container or use one of ours.

  • Please supply your own helmet.

  • You can get to anywhere you need to go like the grocery, Clinton Crossing or the beach.

Horses can Help
How Equine Works
  • We travel to the horse farm to groom and bond with the horses. The horse is unencumbered by ego. He doesn't play games or have power trips. He just wants to know if he can trust you.  

  • Some choose to take riding lessons at Westbrook Hunt Club or Guilford Riding School.

  • Equine Therapy is offered by Jody Rowell, LCSW, from "Stable Ground"

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What to Expect- Outside the House at the Gym 

Membership at Coastline Fitness is open to all house members. They offer Pilates, kick boxing, yoga, core training, barre and other classes in addition to their regular gym. There is also a sauna. 

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Start with a Phone Call 203-339-1191

MENU

On the beautiful Connecticut shore, we own and operate two gender-specific homes: a men's and a women's house in the shore towns of Clinton and Madison. In safe and comfortable sober houses, each offers a community where we get well and find purpose.

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​1. Assess each potential resident’s needs and determine whether the level of support available within the residence is appropriate. Provide assistance to the resident for referral in or outside of the residence.

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2. Value diversity and non-discrimination.

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3. Provide a safe, homelike environment that meets NARR Standards.

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4. Maintain an alcohol- and illicit-drug-free environment.

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5. Honor your right to choose your recovery paths within the parameters defined by the residence organization.

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6. Protect your privacy and personal rights.

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7. Provide consistent and uniformly applied rules.

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8. Provide for the health, safety and welfare of each resident.

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9. Address each resident fairly in all situations.

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10. Encourage you to sustain relationships with professionals, recovery support service providers and allies.

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11. Take appropriate action to stop intimidation, bullying, sexual harassment and/or otherwise threatening behavior of residents, staff and visitors within the residence.

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12. Take appropriate action to stop retribution, intimidation, or any negative consequences that could occur as the result of a grievance or complaint.

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13. Provide consistent, fair practices for drug testing that promote your recovery and the health and safety of the recovery environment and protect the privacy of resident information to the extent allowed by law.

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14. Provide an environment in which each resident’s recovery needs are the primary factors in all decision making.

 

15. Promote the residence with marketing or advertising that is supported by accurate, open and honest claims.

 

16. Decline taking an active role in the recovery plans of relatives, close friends, and/or business acquaintances who may apply to live in the recovery residence.

 

17. Sustain transparency in operational and financial decisions.

 

18. Maintain clear personal and professional boundaries.

 

19. Operate within the residence’s scope of service and within professional training and credentials.

 

20. Maintain an environment that promotes the peace and safety of the surrounding neighborhood and the community at large.

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