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MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR SOBER HOUSE

 STICKING TOGETHER

The modern-day sober houses are heavily influenced by the 12 steps. Let's look at the benefits of quality sober living.

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5 Reasons to Choose Sober Living
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Sober living homes offer structure and stability, helping you rebuild your life without the triggers and temptations of past environments. With that kind of fresh perspective, you can step back, reassess, and approach things with curiosity. You can leave behind old habits and patterns and redefine yourself. Let's face it, taking the leap to go to a sober house builds strength and adaptability, making any future challenge easier.

Why are these four pillars important? When done together, they comprise sustainable recovery. Sustainable is the key word here. Derived from Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, commonly referred to as SAMHSA, they are based on decades of research. The pillars are (1) structure and the predictability that recovery is paramount in the home, (2) a living and breathing community of recovering people, (3) a personalized team of wellness professionals that engage you in mental and physical health, (4) a sense of purpose and meaning through work.

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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.

​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.

2. Value diversity and non-discrimination.

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.

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.

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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