When someone has overcome drug or alcohol addiction, it isn't as simple as picking up where you left off. Restoring a successful and happy life takes time and a great deal of determination. A Halfway House, a.k.a. a Sober Living Facility, is a setting where recovering individuals can live in a clean and supportive 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 the person could decide to live in a Halfway House of their own will after drug or alcohol treatment. Either way, occupants 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 getting one's GED, getting a job, etc.
Halfway Houses in Dana are run by individuals who in most instances were once occupants of the house. The length of time a person is permitted to live at the Halfway House will differ, but it's usually anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Occupants must comply with alcohol and drug testing prior to entering the house, and this testing will happen frequently to make sure there isn't any drug use in the house or substance abuse problems that would be more effectively handled in an alcohol or drug rehab program.