About the Role of Loving Family and Friends

As no two clients are ever alike, every resident at A Sober Way Home receives an individualized treatment plan. As a result, it's likely that some of your loved one's requirements and privileges during treatment may differ from those of other residents. Please feel free to speak with your loved one's counselor, who can explain in detail the specific goals of the treatment plan and answer any questions you may have about it. A client's spouse, companion, and other family members are invited to come to A Sober Way Home to help work through and address issues that center around those important relationships for our client. We hold firmly to the belief that family should hold only a positive and powerful role in the recovery process; therefore, concentration on 'reliving' a negative past we have found to be neither useful nor advisable in treatment of clients.

We whole heartedly welcome those family members who are willing to work with that client to help change present attitudes and behavior patterns that adversely impact the client's interpersonal relationships.

About long-term outcomes:
Please understand that we do not expect to "cure" anyone. We see addiction much like the disease of cancer: No one knows for certain what causes it; no one knows for sure how to cure it. So the best we can hope for - much like treating a cancer - is to assist our clients in sending this debilitating disease into full remission, and sending them back into the bigger world equipped with the tools to keep it in remission.