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Ever heard of Sober Living? #addictionrecovery #gettingsober #sobercurious

11 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker introduces the topic of sober living homes, emphasizing that they are largely unregulated in the United States, which leads to a wide spectrum of quality. The speaker estimates that roughly 80‑85% of these facilities fall below acceptable standards, lacking essential criteria for a successful recovery experience. Before outlining the key criteria that define effective sober living, the speaker highlights a major mistake families often make when placing a loved one into such a setting, setting up a discussion of pitfalls and best practices.

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Today we are going to talk about something that is near and dear to my heart and something that I think is really, really not understood very well in this country or probably anywhere in the world. And we're going to talk about sober living. And sober living is non-regulated in the US at least, which means that there are— if we're looking at a scale of 1 to 100, There are all different levels. And to be honest, I would say the bottom 80, 85% is not, is not very good. It can work, but it is not gonna have the criteria that I think are super important to make it a successful experience. Before we start talking about those criteria though, I really do wanna talk for just a second. One of the biggest mistakes that people make when they send their loved ones to sober living.