Halfway House - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Athol, MA.

When an individual has conquered substance abuse problem, it's not as simple as picking up where you left off. Returning to a stable and happy life takes time and a great deal of determination. A Halfway House, also known as a Sober Living Facility, is a setting where people in recovery can live in a clean and positive environment until they can live stably 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 will following drug or alcohol treatment. Either way, occupants of a Halfway House are clean and striving to do what is necessary to repair their lives. This could mean, for example, getting one's GED, getting employment, etc.

Halfway Houses in Athol are managed by individuals who in many instances were once tenants of the house. The duration a person is permitted to remain at the Halfway House can vary, but it's typically anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Residents must undergo alcohol and drug testing before being accepted into the house, and this testing will continue frequently to make sure there isn't any drug use in the house or substance abuse problems that would be more effectively addressed in an alcohol or drug rehab program.

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