When an individual has conquered substance abuse problem, it isn't as simple as picking up where you left off. Getting back to a positive and happy life takes time and a great deal of hard work. A Halfway House, also known as a Sober Living Facility, is an environment where recovering individuals can live in a clean and positive environment until they are able to live stably on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a term of a person's probation for example, or the person might decide to live in a Halfway House of their own accord 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, for example, finishing school, getting a job, etc.
Halfway Houses in Taos are operated by people who in many cases were once occupants of the house. The duration a person is allowed to stay at the Halfway House will differ, but it's commonly anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Occupants are required to comply with drug and alcohol testing prior to entering the house, and this testing will continue intermittently to make sure there is not any drug use in the house or substance abuse issues that would be more adequately addressed in a drug or alcohol recovery facility.
There are 2 Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers offering this service in Taos, NM