What is a halfway house?

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What is a halfway house?
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• Publié par: aron75litter
• Publié le: 18 janvier 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 18
• Langue: English

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What is a halfway house?

What is a Halfway House? What is a Transitional House or Transitional Living? What is Sober Living?  As the Director of Operations for trans itional living houses, I am as ked a few times eac h week, "Just what is trans itional living?"  Is it the same as a sober living house? Is it a halfway house? I thought halfway houses were for people coming out of prison? Aren't those hous es dangerous? Isn't it just dirty old men?  Let's face it: society truly does not understand the disease of addiction and alcoholis m. At best, we try to tuc k it away and let the criminal justice s ystem and first responders deal with it. UNTIL... it hits home!  New Foundations provides Trans itional Living. We feel that "trans itional" is the best adjective to describe our main function. "Halfway" or "Three Quarters" hous ing hints at the idea... but "trans itional" best conveys our primary purpose.  We are usually the second step in a man or woman's journey of recovery.  Our tagline reads, "Giving our res idents roots... and wings!"  Fully detoxing from drugs and alcohol is only the very beginning of recovery from the dis ease of alcoholis m and addiction. A muc h more important personal work is needed once the body and the mind is free from mood and mind altering substanc es. It is a work of finding a foundation, of finding roots.  That work begins here, at New Foundations!

 We provide safe and comfortable hous ing for men and women to get a "new foundation" in recovery. We serve clean, newly remodeled, struc tured li ving arrangements for a newly sober person to get settled, and rooted in the recovering community in our c ity.  By the time an alcoholic or addict arrives at a treatment center, hospital or jail as a consequence of their us ing, they have usually created a lot of trouble for their personal lives. Homes are destroyed, houses and apartments lost, jobs terminated, children taken, health compromis ed  and they are generally shut off from society as nonaddicted persons know it.  After detox, it is time to rebuild! It is time to trans ition into a totally new life. We are not interested in regaining a res ident's "old life" for them. We often hear, "I just want my life back!" We believe, instead, their is possibility for a new life, new hope and a whole new purpose for their living.  Most cannot go bac k home... or shouldn't go back home. The man or woman wanting to rebuild needs to step out on his or her own. Take respons ibility. Trans ition back into society. Bas ically and honestly, they need a brand new life.  Drugs and alcohol for the addicted person reaches to every part of their life  not just the damage we can see on the outs ide. Repairing takes time.  We afford a plac e where they can live for shortterm (90 days) or long term (up to a year or more) to start this trans ition.  What we see in our 7 houses is no less than a modern day mirac le.  Men and women enter our community from treatment, hospital, jail, the streets, or from home. They most often come with nothing. (And here we could use YOUR help to rebuild their lives! Click on "HOME" to see how you can make a donation in any amount!)  We watch  daily  as they get settled, look for work or go back to school, start to reunite with family, get counseling, join AA or NA, and STAY c lean and sober!  What is truly fasc inating is to watc h them eventually begin to GIVE BACK. One gets the feeling that our res idents know they have been saved from an early death. It seems onc e they begin to heal they are overwhelmed with a sense that they have to "return the gif t". And it is amazing to watch the process. 

We want to drive home the point again that it takes a lot of work. We are usually the second or third step in a person's journey of recovery before they eke out on their own to forge a new life. And our res idents do not come to take it eas y or have a vac ation. They come to get bus y. They come to build community. They come to get support from each other. They come to get referrals for counseling and coaching for careers. They come to get down to the c auses and con ditions of their us ing...  They come to trans ition!  We work hard  day and at night  to give them the roots for the trans ition. And, we work hard  even when it is uncomfortable for them  to make sure by the time they leave... they have their wings.  We invite everyone to write us with their questions. Call and schedule a time to tour some of our properties in Cinc innati or Northern Kentucky. Get involved!  Jason Lee Overbey Director of Operations NFTL http://www.nftl.org 513.693.3798 [e-mail] 