Halfway House - Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs - Lewis, IA.

When someone has overcome substance abuse problem, it's not as simple as starting life again where you left off. Restoring a positive and happy life takes time and a great deal of determination. A Halfway House, also called a Sober Living Facility, is an environment where people in recovery can go where they can live in a sober 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 for example, or the person could decide to live in a Halfway House of their own will following drug or alcohol rehab. Either way, tenants of a Halfway House are sober and working towards doing what they need to do to get their lives back on track. This could mean, for example, getting one's GED, finding a job, etc.

Halfway Houses in Lewis are run by individuals who in many cases were once tenants of the house. The length of time a person is allowed to stay at the Halfway House will differ, but it's usually anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Occupants are required to submit to drug and alcohol testing before being accepted into the house, and this testing will continue regularly to be certain there is not any drug use in the house or substance abuse issues that would be more adequately dealt with in a substance abuse treatment facility.

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