Halfway House - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities - Gilson, IL.

When an individual has overcome substance abuse problem, it isn't as easy as resuming where you left off. Restoring a positive and happy life takes time and a lot of hard work. A Halfway House, also called a Sober Living Facility, is a place where people in recovery can go where they can live in a drug and alcohol free and healthy environment until they are able to live stably on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a condition of a person's parole for example, or the person may make the decision to live in a Halfway House of their own will following drug or alcohol rehab. Either way, tenants of a Halfway House are sober and striving to do what they need to do to repair their lives. This could mean getting one's GED, getting employment, etc.

Halfway Houses in Gilson are operated by individuals who in most instances were once tenants of the house. How long a person is permitted to stay at the Halfway House can vary, but it's usually anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Residents must submit to drug and alcohol testing before being accepted into the house, and this testing will continue regularly to be certain there isn't any drug use in the house or addiction issues that would be more effectively addressed in an addiction treatment facility.

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