Halfway House - Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers - Golden Gate, IL.

When someone has conquered substance abuse problem, it isn't as easy as picking up where you left off. Returning to a positive and happy life takes time and a great deal of determination. A Halfway House, also called a Sober Living Facility, is a setting where recovering individuals 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 condition of a person's parole for example, or the person may decide to live in a Halfway House of their own will following drug or alcohol rehab. Either way, occupants of a Halfway House are clean and sober and working towards doing what is necessary to get their lives back on track. This could mean, for example, getting one's GED, finding employment, etc.

Halfway Houses in Golden Gate are managed by people who in most instances were once tenants of the house. How long a person is permitted to stay at the Halfway House will differ, but it's commonly anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Residents must comply with alcohol and drug testing prior to entering the house, and this testing will take place randomly to make sure there is not any drug or alcohol use in the house or substance abuse problems that would be more adequately addressed in a substance abuse recovery program.

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