Kansas and Ohio sober living homes are an important transition for many people. When you leave a residential rehab program, you might not be ready to live entirely on your own. In sober living facilities you get to restore some of your independence by having shared or private rooms and having the freedom to come and go as you choose so long as you abide by certain rules. This gives you flexibility as you look for a job, go back to school, or meet with the family to repair relationships.

Sober living gives you freedom to reclaim your independence, but it also comes with some rules. These rules are an integral part of rebuilding a routine. Routines serve very important roles in your recovery.

Science indicates that people have limited daily levels of willpower. Willpower functions like a muscle. You can grow that muscle with things like mindfulness, yoga, and exercise, but it’s still a muscle with limits.

If you exercise all of your willpower, choosing what you eat for breakfast, where you want to go during the day, or what shoes to wear, you can run out of willpower for the things that matter most, like avoiding a relapse. Having a routine helps you save your willpower for essential things.

A simple routine like getting up at the same time, eating the same food for breakfast, going to group therapy sessions at the same time, and having a curfew at the end of each night is much easier for your brain to handle, improving your willpower for those moments when you experience severe cravings.

You will have things like a curfew during your stay at a sober living facility. You’ll be able to maintain a job, cook for yourself, and run errands as you please, but you’ll still have to respect rules by coming back at a particular time. You’ll have responsibilities as well, like attending group meetings. Most group meetings take place at that facility, so you don’t have to worry about transportation. There are other rules too that usually include things like not having drugs and alcohol on the premises and never returning high or intoxicated.

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If you need help finding sober living homes in Kansas or Ohio, reach out to Arista Recovery today.

The most significant benefit to choosing the right sober living facilities for your needs is the sense of community you get. A big part of that, however, is having a community long after you leave your initial rehab. With Arista, we heavily emphasize the need for community involvement and a network of supportive care team members and family.

People often feel isolated early in their recovery, exposed to triggers just about everywhere. Powerful triggers can remind you of the substances you used to use and can cause severe cravings. Simple things like walking by a location where you used to buy drugs or alcohol, seeing someone with whom you used to drink, or even seeing drug paraphernalia can lead to incredible cravings.

When you are living in supportive sober living homes in Kansas or Ohio, you don’t have to deal with those triggers in isolation. Instead, you’re surrounded by a community of people going through similar struggles with similar triggers. In the required group meetings, you can learn what other people have done to overcome those triggers and share the hiccups you have faced.

Ongoing care and relapse prevention are imperative to your sustained recovery. Statistics indicate that if you can make it the first six months after completing rehab without a relapse, you are more likely to go multiple years without any relapse. Attending sober living can allow you to make it through the first few months without a relapse.

Sober living allows you to decrease your exposure to triggers while developing healthy coping habits. The more you stay at a sober living home, the more time you have to:

• Go back to school
• Hold down steady employment
• Find stable housing
• Build a network of sober friends
• Repair family relationships
• Practice trigger management

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Our sober living home can make a difference. Let Arista show you how.