When an individual has rehabilitated from a substance abuse problem, it isn't as easy as starting life again where you left off. Returning to 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 people in recovery can live in a drug and alcohol free and supportive environment until they can live confidently on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a term of a person's parole for example, or someone may decide to live in a Halfway House of their own will after drug or alcohol rehab. In either case, occupants of a Halfway House are clean and working towards doing what is necessary to repair their lives. This could mean finishing school, getting employment, etc.
Halfway Houses in Zahl are run by people who in many instances were once tenants of the house. The duration a person is permitted to live at the Halfway House will differ, but it's commonly anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Tenants must undergo alcohol and drug testing before entering the house, and this testing will take place intermittently to be certain there is not any drug use in the house or addiction issues that would be more adequately dealt with in an addiction treatment program.