When an individual has conquered drug or alcohol addiction, it's not as simple as resuming where you left off. Returning to a successful and happy life takes time and a lot of determination. A Halfway House, also known as a Sober Living Facility, is a place where recovering individuals can live in a clean and sober and healthy environment until they can live confidently on their own. Living in a Halfway House may be a requirement of a person's probation or parole for example, or someone may make the decision to live in a Halfway House of their own accord following drug or alcohol rehab. Either way, tenants of a Halfway House are clean and working towards doing what they need to do to get their lives back on track. This could mean getting one's GED, finding employment, etc.
Halfway Houses in Ottawa are run by individuals who in many instances were once tenants of the house. The duration a person is permitted to live at the Halfway House can vary, but it's typically anywhere from a month to a couple of years. Residents are required to comply with alcohol and drug testing prior to entering the house, and this testing will continue randomly to make sure there isn't any drug or alcohol use in the house or substance abuse issues that would be more adequately dealt with in an addiction recovery program.
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