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A Recovery Program Built on Five Pillars

Our recovery program is being designed around five core areas. Upon licensure, each resident's day will draw on all five, subject to ADHS licensing, staffing, approved policies and individual appropriateness.

Comfortable living space inside the newly built Better Half of Me residence.Care · Nourishment · Growth

Sober, structured, small

A drug- and alcohol-free home with real accountability

With just ten beds, support is personal. Upon licensure, our home will offer a structured, sober environment where routine, accountability and relapse prevention are part of every day.

  • A drug- and alcohol-free home
  • Daily routines and accountability
  • Random drug and alcohol screening
  • Relapse-prevention protocols

Our program

Five core service pillars

Our recovery program is being designed to offer:

1. Recovery-Oriented & Dual-Diagnosis Support

  • Relapse-prevention planning and craving-management skills
  • Support for co-occurring mental health conditions
  • Coordination with Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) providers

2. Independent Life-Skills Development

  • Household management and financial literacy / budgeting
  • Nutritional meal planning, grocery budgeting, kitchen safety and basic cooking
  • Transit navigation and job readiness
  • Practiced daily so skills carry over to life after discharge

3. Peer Support & Mutual-Aid Integration

  • Peer mentorship, being designed to include Certified Peer Support Specialists (CPSS)
  • Transportation to local 12-Step, SMART Recovery and mutual-aid groups

4. 24/7 Residential Care & Medication Assistance

  • Round-the-clock supervision by trained Behavioral Health Technicians (BHTs)
  • Staff assistance in the self-administration of medication, documented on a Medication Administration Record (MAR)
  • Double-locked medication storage and pharmacy blister-pack delivery
  • Oversight from our Director of Nursing, a board-certified nurse practitioner, in careful coordination with each resident's primary care provider and psychiatrist

5. Outpatient & Adult Recovery Team (ART) Alignment

  • Direct collaboration with outside IOPs, primary health homes and prescribing psychiatrists
  • Transportation to clinical appointments
  • Shared goals with each resident's Adult Recovery Team and case manager

We are a residential recovery home, not a detox, hospital or skilled nursing facility. We do not provide dementia care.

A day in the life

Structured recovery and life-skills schedule

The typical weekday rhythm the program is being designed around. Clinical need comes first, so a block may shift for an individual resident or the whole house. Weekends trade groups for family visits, community outings and outside recovery meetings.

Morning

7:00 - 8:00 AM
Wake-up, hygiene and room care
8:00 - 8:30 AM
Morning medication assistance
8:30 - 9:15 AM
Community breakfast
9:15 - 10:00 AM
Community meeting, goal setting and mindfulness
10:00 - 11:30 AM
Recovery education group (relapse prevention, co-occurring education)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Individual sessions and case management

Afternoon

12:30 - 1:30 PM
Community lunch
1:30 - 3:00 PM
Skills group (CBT and DBT skills, trauma-informed)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Life skills: budgeting, job readiness, cooking, transit
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Wellness, movement and recreation

Evening

5:00 - 6:00 PM
Community dinner
6:00 - 6:30 PM
Personal time, calls and approved visitors
6:30 - 7:30 PM
Peer support and mutual-aid meetings (12-Step, SMART Recovery)
7:30 - 8:00 PM
Evening reflection
8:00 - 8:30 PM
Evening medication assistance
8:30 - 10:00 PM
Nightly routine, then quiet hours
10:00 PM
Lights out, with awake staff on site all night

Medication assistance, not medication administration.

Residents take their own medications with staff assistance and observation. Prescribing, psychiatric care, counseling and withdrawal management are provided by appropriately licensed professionals, including each resident's outside providers. Nothing on this website establishes eligibility.

Available supports will depend on ADHS licensing, approved scope of services, staffing, individual needs, clinical recommendations and program policies.

Have a client who may be a fit?

Submit a preliminary, non-clinical inquiry and our team will follow up to discuss general needs and program fit.