The purpose of Sonrise Transition House (sober living residence) is to provide a safe, supportive environment in which men can further stabilize in their recovery from substance abuse. Men engage in faith-based activities and will be assisted in finding gainful employment to successfully reintegrate into society. With that in mind, actions that disrupt recovery or the peaceful enjoyment of others cannot be tolerated. Men will usually be admitted to this home after successful completion of a supportive recovery program elsewhere. Note: Men are asked to commit to a 90-day rental agreement at admission.
General Admissions Criteria
- Admission to our home can be done through self-referral, church, family, detox/hospital, addictions counselor, treatment facility, corrections, and other public/private agencies.
- Sonrise residents are expected to be actively involved in their spiritual journey of recovery.
- Sonrise believes that the individual should treat others as they would like to be treated.
- Sonrise encourages residents to express their needs positively.
- Random drug and alcohol urinalysis testing is conducted.
- Male minimum age of 19 years old.
- Physical or psychiatric disabilities, which preclude participation in all house activities will be referred elsewhere within the continuum of care.
- No pending legal problems of such nature as to encumber the resident’s participation in the house activities.
- Residents must be willing to accept all Sonrise expectations, rules and structural limitations prior to admission.
- NOTE: Residence is not wheelchair/walker accessible.
CONDUCT GUIDELINES:
- Participate in the mandatory activities including Wednesday and Thursday evening meetings, 8:30 a.m. devotional meetings (M-F) – unless your employment schedule conflicts with this, outside faith-based small groups (M, T or F) and completing homework.
- Regular attendance of Sunday service is required.
- Since attending evening mealtime promotes strong brotherhood and healthy relationship with God, attendance at weekday mealtime (approx. 5 p.m.) unless prior permission has been given for absence.
- Disclosure of all current and past medications during the Intake/Rental Agreement upon admission (and inform staff of changes during residency).
- Sonrise is an abstinence-based home (sober living residence) and does not allow harm-reduction methods (including medications prescribed for that end).
- We encourage attending Celebrate Recovery (faith-based 12 Step program).
- Visitors are welcome in common areas of the home not in Residents’ bedrooms.
- Visitors must not be under the influence of drugs/alcohol.
- If Staff observe that a visitor’s behavior is offensive in any way to the Sonrise New Directions organization and its values, other residents, other visitors or neighbors of Sonrise they will be asked to leave immediately.
- In compliance with the program, one must be receptive to guidance from the leadership regarding career, further education, life skills and job opportunities.
- Abuse in any form (verbal or physical, threats to fellow residents, staff, visitors and neighbors), will result in eviction from the premises.
- Do assigned chores as posted.
- No smoking inside the building, and only in designated areas outside.
- To measure progress, one must be accountable to Staff (including Volunteer Staff) advising them of weekly activities.
- Will be respectful of the time, shift schedules and space of others by politely asking if it is alright to do activities which may disturb others like playing music or watching TV at louder levels.
- Curfew at Sonrise is 10:30 p.m. 7 days a week.
- An understanding that acceptable standards of personal hygiene are to be maintained.