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Structured sober living
Hatchery House is not your ordinary after-care sober living house. Hatchery House provides a sober living environment that offers a more structured program so that one can learn what it takes to truly recover from alcohol and drug addiction.
Studies show that followup to an addiction treatment program with ninety-days of structured sober living significantly increases one’s likelihood of true long-lasting recovery. Extended sober living facilities offer life skills, habitation skills, and anger management training which greatly improve one’s likelihood of permanent recovery.
Sober Living Facilities (SLF) are structured in a way that avoids some of the limitations of halfway houses. Moreover, the essential characteristics of a SLF include: 1) an alcohol and drug free living environment for individuals attempting to abstain from alcohol and drugs, 2) no formal treatment services but either mandated or strongly encouraged attendance at 12-step groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 3) required compliance with house rules such as maintaining abstinence, paying rent and other fees, participating in house chores and attending house meetings, 4) an invitation for residents to stay in the house as long as they wish provided they comply with house rules (Polcin & Henderson, 2008).
Central to structured sober living is the requirement to obtain a sponsor, practice the 12 steps, and volunteer for service positions. (Polcin & Henderson, 2008). Source: Polcin & Henderson, "An Evaluation of Sober Living Houses", 2008; a five-year study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Simply put, there is a significant difference between a sober house and a structured recovery facility.
Studies show that followup to an addiction treatment program with ninety-days of structured sober living significantly increases one’s likelihood of true long-lasting recovery. Extended sober living facilities offer life skills, habitation skills, and anger management training which greatly improve one’s likelihood of permanent recovery.
Sober Living Facilities (SLF) are structured in a way that avoids some of the limitations of halfway houses. Moreover, the essential characteristics of a SLF include: 1) an alcohol and drug free living environment for individuals attempting to abstain from alcohol and drugs, 2) no formal treatment services but either mandated or strongly encouraged attendance at 12-step groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 3) required compliance with house rules such as maintaining abstinence, paying rent and other fees, participating in house chores and attending house meetings, 4) an invitation for residents to stay in the house as long as they wish provided they comply with house rules (Polcin & Henderson, 2008).
Central to structured sober living is the requirement to obtain a sponsor, practice the 12 steps, and volunteer for service positions. (Polcin & Henderson, 2008). Source: Polcin & Henderson, "An Evaluation of Sober Living Houses", 2008; a five-year study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Simply put, there is a significant difference between a sober house and a structured recovery facility.
