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June 15, 2024
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SOBER LIVING HOMES IN WOODLAND HILLS, CA
Sober Living
While in recovery with Stairway Resource Center, individuals are encouraged to stay in sober living homes where they can stay when not attending groups, therapy, and other aspects of the program. Stairway Recovery offers individuals a gender specific house to live in while in recovery and beyond.
Stairway Recovery provides a structure while individuals in recovery learn how to maintain a sober lifestyle. Having an affordable, gender specific, and 12-step focused environment allows the individual to focus on what is most important – their recovery.
By partnering with Stairway Recovery, Stairway Resource Center can extend our outpatient services. Sober living affords individuals enrolled in our program the option of staying in a safe, affordable, and supportive environment.
Stairway Recovery Sober Living Homes
The road to recovery can seem intimidating, especially when it feels like you’re on your own. Fortunately, you don’t have to traverse it by yourself. At Stairway Recovery Center, we provide you the support you deserve as you overcome substance use disorder and work towards the best version of you.
By combining compassion, a methodological approach to combat substance use, and comfortable living, our sober partner Stairway Recovery provides efficient, affordable programs to supplement recovery. They base their gender-specific programs on a proven 12-step approach and structure them in a way that enables them to meet residents where currently are in their journey. Recovery is different for everyone, which is why the Stairway Recovery experience is shaped uniquely to every resident that comes through the door.
Due to the nature of recovery, it’s essential to build coping skills you can lean on when the road gets rough. Whether that means going back to school, building a career, or even just building personal relationships, sober living can help you take your life back once again.
Stairway Recovery Sober Housing Structure
Stairway Recovery’s sober living program is arranged in three phases. Each resident must commit to these phases to display continued growth. By adhering to the required productive activities in each phase, residents can demonstrate commitment to their recovery.
Phase 1: Day 1 to Day 30
- Follow a strict curfew
- Attend at least five 12-step meetings each week
- Utilize transportation back and forth for important appointments
- Receive a sponsor
- Participate in assigned home group within the 12-step community
- Attend counseling and receive support for substance use disorder
- Remain willing to practice meditation and mindfulness
- Work on nutrition, health, and fitness
- Complete assigned daily chores
- Submit to regular drug and alcohol screenings (must pass)
Phase 2: Day 30 to Day 90
- Begin job coaching sessions
- Participate in career planning sessions and resume building
- Begin attending school, working, or volunteering
- Participate in higher education coaching
- Continue to attend at least five 12-step meetings each week
- Overnight passes allowed for certain circumstances
- Develop important life skills
- Continue to emphasize nutrition, health, and fitness
- Continue to submit to regular drug and alcohol screenings (must
Phase 3: Month 3 to Month 6
- Begin mentoring new residents
- Weekend passes may be allowed
- Must perform some form of volunteer or charity work in the local community
- Begin prioritizing budgeting, finances, and other important accountabilities
- Continue to attend at least three 12-step meetings each week
- Continue to submit to regular drug and alcohol screenings (must pass)
Once a week, residents in each phase are required to come together as a community group to promote collaboration and work with one other.
Gender Specific Recovery Housing
Stairway Recovery provides separate, safe living quarters for men and women on their respective journeys to recovery. Research has found that gender-specific homes can help immensely for those in recovery for many reasons.
Builds Community
Gender-specific living arrangements are incredibly beneficial when it comes to building community. While in recovery, residents are in one of the most vulnerable states possible. Finding community within recovery and building a genuine support system for the right reasons can help you create a durable foundation that will last throughout your journey.
Relieves Some of the Pressure
Sharing how you feel isn’t always easy, especially when you’re encountering new people in an unfamiliar setting. Group therapy, openly sharing, and being vulnerable can be incredibly intimidating when residents first come to sober living. Gender-specific homes can help relieve some of the pressure that comes with experiencing these situations in group settings.
Although women are generally known for being more willing to share, it can still be extremely difficult to open up about past, potentially painful experiences in mixed company. For men, willingness to be vulnerable or express their emotions is already low, especially around women. Gender-specific living can help to increase both men’s and women’s willingness to be open with their group and express how they feel.
Helps You to Focus on You
The most important part of recovery is prioritizing yourself and your mental and physical health. Finding healthy coping mechanisms, learning to be comfortable on your own, and emphasizing a healthy, active lifestyle are all vital components of recovery. Without gender-specific housing, it can be easier to become distracted by issues like potential relationships, prior traumatic experiences, personal discomfort, and more. Gender-specific housing can eliminate these distractions for many people.
“You are not alone and this is not the end of your story.”
What Residents Can Expect
Stairway Recovery takes pride in providing living spaces to make you feel comfortable and supported throughout your recovery. If you or a loved one decides to become a resident at a Stairway Recovery sober living home, you can expect the following.
Group Living
A critical thing to understand about gender-specific sober living quarters is that it is a group living setting. This simply means you’ll be sharing a house with other people of the same gender who are working through similar issues as you. Living with others can help you build a sense of community, establish bonds between residents, and provide an opportunity for accountability—all of which are beneficial during recovery from substance use disorder.
A Safe, Comfortable Environment
Stairway Recovery’s priority is to create a safe, comfortable environment where residents are inspired to heal. Homes are built with residents in mind, providing ample space for personal time and relaxation as well as group activities. During recovery, feelings of discomfort and being unsafe can prove distracting from the work of healing. Stairway Recovery’s goal is to create a space where residents not only feel comfortable but feel encouraged to work on themselves.
Shared Household Chores
Just as if it was your own home, you are responsible for working with others to handle basic household duties. From doing the dishes to vacuuming the floors, you and your housemates will split responsibilities to make sure your living areas remain safe, healthy, and clean. Shared household duties are important because they help residents feel like they’re still at home and in
