What Did We Learn from Our Study on Sober Living Houses and Where Do We Go from Here
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13914670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas L Polcin (0000-0002-6518-8628, Alcohol Research Group, corresponding author), Rachael Korcha (Public Health Institute), Jason Bond (Public Health Institute), Gantt P Galloway (California Pacific Medical Center), Gantt Galloway |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 425-433 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0279-1072 • E-ISSN: 2159-9777 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02791072.2010.10400705 |
| PMID | 21305907 |
| PMCID | PMC3057870 |
| OpenAlex | W2154473053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 26 |
Lack of a stable, alcohol- and drug-free living environment can be a serious obstacle to sustained abstinence. Destructive living environments can derail recovery for even highly motivated individuals. Sober living houses (SLHs) are alcohol- and drug-free living environments for individuals attempting to abstain from alcohol and other drugs. They are not licensed or funded by state or local governments and the residents themselves pay for costs. The philosophy of recovery emphasizes 12-Step group attendance and peer support. We studied 300 individuals entering two different types of SLHs over an 18-month period. This article summarizes our published findings documenting resident improvement on measures of alcohol and drug use, employment, arrests, and psychiatric symptoms. Involvement in 12-Step groups and characteristics of the social network were strong predictors of outcome, reaffirming the importance of social and environmental factors in recovery. This article adds to our previous reports by providing a discussion of implications for treatment and criminal justice systems. We also describe the next steps in our research on SLHs, which will include: (1) an attempt to improve outcomes for residents referred from the criminal justice system and (2) a depiction of how attitudes of stakeholder groups create a community context that can facilitate and hinder the legitimacy of SLHs as a recovery modality
Abstinence · Attendance · Context (archaeology · Criminal justice · Criminology · Legitimacy · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Social environment · Sociology · Stakeholder · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
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Perceptions of Sober Living Houses Among Addiction Counselors and Mental Health Therapists
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Safe spaces and stigma
Substance use and homelessness
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Addiction science advocacy
Resident and house manager perceptions of social environments in sober living houses
Housing for People with Substance Use Disorders
The fifth edition of the addiction severity index
The Brief Symptom Inventory
When prisoners come home
Recovery from addiction in two types of sober living houses
How health services research can help clinical trials become more community relevant
Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Research
A Clean and Sober Place to Live
A Model for Sober Housing During Outpatient Treatment
Attitudes toward recovery homes and residents
To House or Not to House
Coming Home From Jail
Slaying the dragon
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |