Liberty House FAQ
What Sets Liberty House Sober Living Home Apart?
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The Liberty House Sober Living Home offers a hands on approach. We take a pro-active relationship with our
residents. We get involved in their lives from the
beginning. We help them obtain a 12 step sponsor and
remain involved and give feedback to them regarding any
problems they may be having. We also give direction
about how to handle problems they encounter as they go
about their daily life. We get the family involved in
recovery by attending 12 step Al-Anon meetings. Because
many parents feel reluctant to attend Al-Anon we started
a 12 step Al-Anon meeting in 1996 in the living room
that was attended by parents and family members of our
clients. This meeting caught on and became so big that
we had to move it out to a local church. We are happy
to say that it is thriving and has become one of the
largest 12 step Al-Anon meetings on the Westside for
parents. We continue to encourage participation in that
meeting by family members year after year. We also have
a Family Group held on Saturdays (off-site) at a local
church. This group is designed to build and strengthen
the existing support group of our client’s immediate
family. We also discuss relationships and enabling
behavior family members might be engaging in and discuss
alternative actions in an open forum. Everyone gets to
learn and participate. This group is facilitated Dr.
Jim Wood. Dr. Wood has many years of drug and alcohol
sobriety and experience in dealing with families who are
relatively new to sobriety. As time goes by and our
resident’s lives begin to change for the better, Liberty
House is still involved. We never stop being involved
until the resident exits the facility.
Is Liberty House the only Sober Living Home of its kind?
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The Liberty House Sober Living Home staff believes that
in order to be effective we have to be dedicated to
helping others. We groom our managers from the inside
and promote from within. We never hesitate to cancel
our plans and visit the Liberty House facility if a
house member is having a difficult time. We are on call
24/7. We teach our residents that “going to any
lengths” to remain clean and sober is a must and are
there for them when they need us. Surrendering ones
will and life to recovery and sobriety is a process, and
Liberty House teaches this through its structure and
meetings. As a result, our members achieve long term
sobriety and are leading responsible productive lives in
the community. Most other sober living homes cannot or
will not do this because of a lack of dedication and
commitment to their clients. Many only want to keep
their beds filled and keep the mortgage paid. They
could care less about what is happening on the inside
with their clients and yet promote themselves as a
strong program. In the Los Angeles area Liberty House
clients consistently take 1 year anniversary cakes at 12
step meetings for sobriety time, year after year. The
facts speak for themselves; Liberty House nurtures,
promotes and inspires its residents to grow and recover
from addiction. We teach our residents through
inspiration and our staffs own hardships that now that
their clean and sober, they can achieve their dreams and
goals and we encourage them and support them in doing
so.
How many sober living homes in CA and nationwide have
modeled themselves after Liberty House?
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There are presently three sober living homes in the Los
Angeles area that are run by Liberty House graduates.
We are proud of our graduates and are honored that they
were inspired enough to follow in our footsteps. Many
of our graduates have returned to their respective
trades in the Entertainment Industry, Legal Professions,
Clergy, Private Sectors and still more went on to start
their own businesses and are thriving. They all now
believe they can succeed and have trust and faith that
they will. Our dedication and commitment to our clients
is unrivaled and many well known addiction treatment
centers consider our program and structure simply
amazing, and have copied certain internal parts of it
for their own use. However, the type of dedication and
commitment Liberty House exercises with its clients is
difficult for an addiction treatment team at licensed
facilities due to long hours, frequent trips to the
facility, self-sacrifice, and surrendering of ones own
agenda for the greater good. Liberty House nurtures
these types of qualities in its residents and ultimately
its managers.
What is the ongoing contact Liberty House has with its
graduates?
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Liberty House Sober Living believes that if the forces
that bind us together are stronger than those that would
tear us apart, all will be well. We encourage continued
involvement in the Liberty House facility by our
graduates. We believe this is crucial to both the
clients and the graduates, and as such invites its
graduates to our yearly Camping Trip and Christmas Party
(both in their 11th year), and our monthly
Graduate Meeting. We strive to keep all of our
graduates interacting with the Liberty House facility
and each other with these events. At our Alumni Meeting
we have a large dinner catered by different restaurants
around town and then have a 12 step meeting afterward.
Why is Liberty House more successful than other sober living
homes?
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Liberty House Sober Living believes that our dedication,
structure, and commitment to helping others are
responsible for our success. Our structure is designed
to teach residents how to stay sober over the long run,
to make surrenders, to take responsibility for their
lives, to incorporate the principles of 12 step
Alcoholics Anonymous into their day to day lives which
ultimately results in lasting sobriety. We do not
cater to the narcissism of our clients and rotate their
chores accordingly.
How does Liberty House emphasize sobriety?
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Liberty House Sober Living Home structure is in tune
with the program of 12 step Alcoholics Anonymous. We
differ considerably in several areas, and have to
because we are an institution, but our goal is to teach
our residents to incorporate surrender, honesty, open
mindedness and willingness into our day to day lives
through our structure. Liberty House Sober Living Home
looks at inventories, character defects, makes amends,
prays together, helps each other and learns to love each
other through our interactions. We deal with our
feelings, families, and problems. We bring our clients
entire life into the realm of Liberty House and its
structure. Once that is accomplished as much as
possible over a period of time our residents become
committed and dedicated. They feel safe and develop a
love for the facility and each other. We begin to feel
and learn that we can achieve our goals and lift our
consciousness to a hire level. Once these goals are
reached it is obvious to everyone except the client.
Changes occur that are miraculous and indescribable.
One must experience a facility like Liberty House in
order to understand its philosophy and effects on its
client’s lives. Clients who do not desire to live
according to Liberty House structure and, or who seem to
be having a difficult time are given a peer review.
Problem areas are discussed, alternative courses of
action are outlined, and the client is given an
opportunity to change their behavior in accordance with
the Liberty House structure. If they fail to do so,
refuse to do so, or simply cannot do it, then they are
asked to leave. Those seeking placement in other sober
living homes are given phone numbers and directions to
another sober living facility.
If I am a parent, or sibling of a loved one who has an
alcoholic or drug addicted family member, what am I going
through and what role does Liberty House play in my child,
or sibling’s recovery?
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Family members of an alcoholic or drug addict upon entry
to Liberty House have a strong support group consisting
of current family members, older family members and an
established 12 step Al-Anon meeting. New family members
are given the support (if they want it) needed to cope
with the effects of alcoholism and drug addiction. Our
experience has shown us that those family members who
attend our family groups regularly and 12 step Al-anon
meetings begin to recover as well. Alcoholism is a
family disease. Everyone is suffering, and therefore
must be treated. New family members realize that they
are not alone, and begin to feel a sense of hope as does
the alcoholic and drug addict. Thus the journey of a
lifetime begins.
Why should I pick Liberty House over other houses?
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Liberty House Sober Living Home is now in its 11th year of existence, and in that time we have achieved
remarkable results. We’re affordable for families and
individuals. We don’t charge exorbitant fees with empty
promises. We’ve got lots of experience, and our
residents are consistently taking cakes at 12 step
meetings. The Liberty House structure has proven itself
to work consistently, and is proven effective. Our
statistical data base says we’re doing a phenomenal
job. We receive referrals from all over the United
States and Europe. We believe the emphasis should be on
providing long term care for alcoholics and drug
addicts. Our structure is geared for the long haul and
our rates aren’t going to cause families to go
bankrupt.
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