When a person has conquered drug or alcohol addiction, it isn't as easy as resuming where you left off. Restoring a stable and happy life takes time and a great deal of determination. A Halfway House, a.k.a. a Sober Living Facility, is an environment where people in recovery can go where they can live in a clean and supportive setting until they can live confidently on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a term of a person's probation for example, or the individual could make the decision to live in a Halfway House of their own accord after drug or alcohol treatment. Either way, residents 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, for example, finishing school, finding employment, etc.
Halfway Houses in Saxe are run by individuals who in many instances were once tenants of the house. How long an individual is permitted to remain at the Halfway House can vary, but it's commonly anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Occupants are required to comply with drug and alcohol testing before entering the house, and this testing will take place randomly to make sure there isn't any drug or alcohol use in the house or addiction problems that would be more adequately handled in an alcohol or drug treatment program.