When someone has rehabilitated from a substance abuse problem, it isn't as simple as picking up where you left off. Restoring a positive and happy life takes time and a great deal of hard work. A Halfway House, a.k.a. a Sober Living Facility, is an environment where people in recovery can live in a sober and healthy environment until they can live confidently on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a requirement of a person's probation or parole for example, or someone might make the decision to live in a Halfway House of their own will after drug or alcohol treatment. In either case, tenants of a Halfway House are drug and alcohol free and striving to do what they need to do to get their lives back on track. This could mean getting one's GED, getting a job, etc.
Halfway Houses in Dike are operated by people who in many instances were once residents of the house. The length of time a person is allowed to live at the Halfway House will differ, but it's typically 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 happen regularly to ensure there is not any drug use in the house or substance abuse issues that would be more adequately handled in an addiction rehabilitation facility.