When a person has conquered substance abuse problem, it's not as simple as starting life again where you left off. Restoring a successful and happy life takes time and a lot of hard work. A Halfway House, a.k.a. a Sober Living Facility, is a place where recovering individuals can go where they can live in a drug and alcohol free and healthy environment until they can live confidently on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a term of a person's probation or parole for example, or someone may decide to live in a Halfway House of their own accord after drug or alcohol rehab. In either case, tenants of a Halfway House are clean and striving to do what is necessary to get their lives back on track. This could mean finishing school, finding a job, etc.
Halfway Houses in Eden are managed by individuals who in most cases were once occupants of the house. How long an individual is permitted to live at the Halfway House can vary, but it's commonly anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Tenants are required to submit to drug and alcohol testing prior to entering the house, and this testing will continue frequently to ensure there isn't any drug or alcohol use in the house or addiction problems that would be more effectively dealt with in a drug or alcohol treatment program.