Once the acute phase of rehabilitation, consisting of detoxification that is usually followed up with up to a month of intensive counseling and behavioral modification therapy, has passed, recovering alcoholics often seek alcohol rehabilitation aftercare programs to ensure that they continue on the road to permanent recovery. Some alcohol treatment aftercare programs consist of additional residential therapy, but extended stays in residential therapeutic settings are not always practical for recovering addicts.
“Sober living” facilities, in which patients who have successfully completed intensive residential alcohol rehabilitation programs live together in a supervised environment that combines compliance monitoring with regular counseling sessions, are practical only for patients who do not have family responsibilities, or other responsibilities that require them to live fully independently…
