Studies Indicate Need for Sober Living Communities

PRLog (Press Release) – Apr 10, 2007 – Los Angeles, California- April 12, 2007 - Recent studies done by DePaul University indicate that sober living is tremendously effective in promoting long-term recovery from alcoholism and addiction. Too often addicts complete rehab or treatment, and are left to find their own way. All too often they end up where they started. Sober living is now becoming the gold standard for long term sobriety. Residents can find comfort, security and safety within the walls of various sober living communities. The Fountain House Sober Living Community for Women is one example; offering women only sober living


Many people fail in their commitment to living sober by exiting rehab and falling back in with 'the same old crowd'; the crowd that pushes in the wrong direction, the crowd that pulls at the wrong purpose, the crowd that only know hows to support addiction, not how to support a person. Sober living is the stable, supportive environment needed to transition from the early, fragile post-rehab days to the pre-independent living days; where a resident has had the success of living addiction-free, in a community where that is the reward, with people that understand this intensely personal struggle.

As residents move through their personal journey from rehabilitation to independent living, it is important that they live in a community and involve themselves with people that are understanding and compassionate, and that the residents are rewarded for their positive choices everyday. As Arthur Ashe, the great tennis player and activist, stated: “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” Fountain House is a place to serve and be served, to support and to be supported, to bring out the hero in all people.

The Fountain House Sober Community for Women is a complete sober-living center committed to facilitating the transition from an addiction rehabilitation center to successful, independent living. The Fountain House Community is a gated community that bridges the gap between 24-hour care and observation and 24-hour unsupervised life. Members of this community work to achieve their potential by moving from rehabilitation patients to healthy community members living with addiction. The Fountain House is located in beautiful Hollywood, California and features supportive and comfortable amenities, reasonable living expenses and a safe, encouraging environment.

Fountain House Sober Community for Women is located in a beautiful and accessible part of Hollywood, California. The Fountain House is filling a needed void in the community as Hollywood experiences urban revitalization. The facility is gated, includes satellite television and wireless Internet, but also enforces a curfew and urinary-analysis (UA) tests to provide a stable living environment, for the protection of all of the residents. Learn more about this facility by visiting www.womenlivingsober.com or by calling (800) SOBER 411, or 323.469.8911.