An Insider's Guide to Sober Living and Its Role in Addiction Recovery
The Path to Purposeful Recovery Housing is a broad educational guide that explains what recovery housing is, why it matters, and how it supports long-term recovery. It presents recovery housing as a structured, supportive, peer-oriented bridge between treatment and independent living, emphasizing its role in stability, accountability, employment, family reunification, and community reintegration.
The book covers the defining features of recovery housing, the four levels of care, the addiction treatment continuum, the history and evolution of recovery housing, key stakeholders, the business component of recovery housing, NARR-affiliate certification, recovery community development, the role of operators, the resident journey, House Mentors, sober living real estate investment, working with Vanderburgh Sober Living, fair housing protections, zoning and HOA challenges, and ways to get involved.