Sober living is an alcohol-free and drug-free home you share with others in recovery while you attend treatment with us by day, or once you finish it. We are a licensed drug and alcohol treatment provider, and our sober living is for you while you are in one of our programs or stepping down from one.
You sleep in a certified sober home, live by its house rules, and keep your treatment going at our partial hospitalization program, intensive outpatient program or outpatient treatment.
Call admissions now. We verify your insurance on the call and tell you what is covered, what is open this week and which program you qualify for.
Who is sober living for?
You belong here if you are in treatment with us, or finishing it, and going straight home would make staying sober harder than it needs to be.
Home is where you drank, or someone there still uses, or it sits too far from your program for a daily drive. Or you went home after rehab before and slipped in the first weeks. Any one of those is reason enough to live somewhere built around recovery while your treatment continues.
If you still drink or use every day, start with medical detox. If you need nurses and therapists with you day and night, alcohol rehab or drug rehab comes first, and sober living follows it.
Do you need rehab before sober living?
Yes, treatment comes first. Our sober living is part of your care with us, so you move in while you attend one of our programs or as you step down from one.
That keeps your therapist, your case manager and your house on one plan. If you have not started treatment yet, admissions books your clinical assessment on the first call, finds the program that fits, then plans your move into sober living around it.
Sober living or residential rehab: which do you need?
Residential rehab if you need care around the clock. Sober living if you are ready to do treatment by day and come home to a sober house at night.
| | Residential rehab | Sober living with PHP, IOP or outpatient | |—|—|—| | Where you sleep | At the treatment facility | In a certified sober home | | Where treatment happens | On site, all day | At our program, away from the house | | Clinical staff | Nurses and therapists on site day and night | Your clinical team works at the program | | Your evenings | Set by the unit schedule | Yours, inside the house rules | | Who pays | Your insurance, as a level of care | Insurance for treatment, the room fee from you |
In a Florida certified residence at Level III or Level IV, Florida Statutes section 397.311 keeps clinical services out of the house itself. Your therapy happens at the program, and the house is where you practise living it.
Which treatment program pairs with sober living?
All three of our step-down programs: PHP for full weekdays of treatment, IOP for about three hours a day, and outpatient for one or two sessions a week.
- Partial hospitalization (PHP): about six hours a day, five days a week, then back to the house for the evening. This is the common first step after residential rehab or detox.
- Intensive outpatient (IOP): about three hours a day, three to five days a week, with room left for work.
- Outpatient: one or two sessions a week once you are holding steady.
Your therapist reviews your treatment plan every week and moves you down a level as you get stronger. Your case manager matches the house to your program and updates the plan each time you step down.
What is daily life in sober living like?
You live by written house rules, go to treatment or work during the day, take drug tests, and come home to housemates working on the same thing you are.
Florida Statutes section 397.487 requires every certified recovery residence to keep:
- A ban on alcohol, marijuana, including medical marijuana, illegal drugs, and anyone else’s prescription anywhere on the property
- Written drug-testing procedures
- Rules for residents and a relapse policy
- A good neighbor policy
In a Level II home, a house manager with lived experience of recovery keeps the house on track, and you work toward set milestones on your recovery plan. Level III and Level IV homes keep trained staff in the house 24 hours a day.
Peer support runs through your week. The SAMHSA Best Practices for Recovery Housing sets out house meetings, housemates who look out for each other, and outside meetings such as AA or SMART Recovery as the core of a sober home.
Can you keep working while in sober living?
Yes, on IOP or outpatient. Both leave most of your day free, so you hold down your job and come home to the house at night.
PHP fills your weekdays, so work waits until you step down to IOP. Your case manager talks to your employer about your schedule and any leave paperwork. A steady job is one of the milestones that moves you toward living on your own again.
How do you choose a sober living home in Florida?
Choose a certified recovery residence. In Florida, a licensed treatment provider places you only in a home that holds a current certificate of compliance and has a certified administrator in charge, under Florida Statutes section 397.4873.
The Florida Department of Children and Families approves the Florida Association of Recovery Residences (FARR) to certify homes. FARR inspects a home on site before it earns its certificate, and at least once a year after that. Owners, directors and the chief financial officer pass a level 2 background screening, and the home shows proof of fire, safety and health inspections. The certificate lapses after one year unless the home renews it.
Florida certifies four levels of home:
- Level I: the residents run it themselves, for you once you have finished treatment and have nine months sober
- Level II: classic sober living, with a house manager in recovery
- Level III: trained staff in the house 24 hours a day, for early recovery
- Level IV: for you while you attend IOP or a higher level of care with a licensed provider, with staff in the house 24 hours a day
Admissions tells you the level of your house and its certificate on the call.
Can you take MAT while in sober living?
Yes. Since January 1, 2025, Florida law bars a certified recovery residence from turning you away only because you take a federally approved medication for addiction.
That covers medications such as buprenorphine, naltrexone, including Vivitrol, and acamprosate, when a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner prescribes them. If you are on medication-assisted treatment with us, your prescriber keeps it going while you live in the house.
Is sober living worth it after rehab?
Yes. The Florida Legislature found that living in a recovery residence while you are in treatment, or after you finish, gives you a higher success rate at staying sober for the long term.
That finding opens section 397.487. The first months after rehab are when the habits you learned meet real life. A sober house gives you those months with rules, housemates in recovery and your treatment team still in your week.
How long do you stay in sober living?
As long as your recovery needs it. There is no fixed end date, and you and your case manager plan your move-out around your step-down, steady work and a safe place to go.
You leave with your outpatient sessions booked and a place in our alumni program, so the support does not stop when you hand back the keys.
How much does sober living cost?
You pay a set fee for your room, and admissions gives you the exact amount on the call, before you commit to anything.
Every certified recovery residence in Florida keeps a written fee schedule and refund policy on file with FARR, so the number you hear matches the number in writing. Three things move the fee:
- The level of the home. Level III and Level IV homes keep staff in the house around the clock.
- A shared or private room.
- What the fee includes, such as utilities, groceries or rides to your program. Ask admissions which of these your house includes.
Does insurance pay for sober living?
No, your health plan pays for treatment, not the room. Your PHP, IOP or outpatient care bills to your plan, and the house fee is yours.
The SAMHSA report Recovery Housing: Funding Sources and Financial Sustainability finds that most public and commercial health plans do not cover recovery housing, and puts resident fees at 70 to 90 percent of its costs.
We verify your treatment benefits on the call: your deductible, whether we are in-network with your plan, and what you owe after that. If you are paying for treatment yourself, admissions sets out self-pay options too.
What happens if you relapse in sober living?
You get more care, fast. Your treatment team steps you up to the level of care you need, and the house follows the written relapse policy Florida requires every certified residence to keep.
A slip is a reason to talk to your therapist that day. If the house is not the right place for a few days, we move you into detox or a higher level of care and plan your way back.
What if you want to leave sober living?
You can move out whenever you choose, because sober living is your home and the choice stays yours.
What we ask is a conversation with your case manager first, so you leave with outpatient sessions booked and a safe place lined up. Your house’s written refund policy sets out what happens to any fee you have paid ahead.
How do you get into our sober living?
Call admissions. We verify your insurance for treatment, run your clinical assessment on the phone, and plan your move into a certified sober home around your program start date.
1. Tell us where you are now: in rehab with us, finishing detox, or at home. 2. We check your benefits and set your level of care with the ASAM criteria at intake. 3. Your case manager picks the house that fits your program and the structure you need. 4. You move in the day you step down, with your first program day booked.
How do you start sober living today?
Call admissions now. We verify your insurance on the call and tell you what is covered, what is open this week and which program you qualify for. If a sober living bed is open, we set your move-in date with you on the same call.
