When an individual has rehabilitated from a drug or alcohol addiction, it isn't as easy as resuming where you left off. Getting back to a positive and happy life takes time and a lot of effort. A Halfway House, also known as a Sober Living Facility, is a place where recovering individuals can go where they can live in a drug and alcohol free and positive setting until they can live stably on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a term of a person's probation for example, or someone might decide to live in a Halfway House of their own will after drug or alcohol rehab. In either case, tenants of a Halfway House are drug and alcohol free and working towards doing what is necessary to get their lives back on track. This could mean finishing school, getting a job, etc.
Halfway Houses in Oto are managed by people who in many instances were once residents of the house. The length of time a person is permitted to remain at the Halfway House will differ, but it's usually anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Tenants must submit to drug and alcohol testing prior to being accepted into the house, and this testing will continue frequently to make sure there isn't any drug use in the house or addiction problems that would be more adequately handled in an alcohol or drug recovery program.