The challenges associated with living in the “real world” are significant  in early recovery.  It takes very little to trigger the desire to use drugs or drink. The safehouse ( or often calles  halfway house) provides a supportive environment that offers the recovering person a sense of security. While a family can be supportive, there it is nothing like the support one addict or alcoholic can provide to another in a Safe House.

In October 2010, Safe House Bangkok opened its doors. This is a new, tertiary living facility for people who have just completed a 12-step treatment program and want to continue building their recovery by living in a safe, protective environment. This transitional, semi-supervised, communal living situation allows its inhabitants to work, socialize and resume their lives while practicing their newfound abstinence.

Safe House Bangkok guidlines include:

• Complete abstinence from all intoxicants (random drug and alcohol test are given), 
• Attending a minimum of four 12-step meetings( such as AA or NA )per week, 
• Participating in a weekly Safe House group meeting, 
• Weekly one-on-one counseling sessions with a Safe Havens counselor, 
• Sharing household responsibilities with the other inhabitants, 
• Keeping a clean room and household, 
• Maintaining a job (full-time, volunteer or school)

Four to six months is the recommended time to live at Safe House Bangkok. It can be the ideal situation for those wanting extra assurance in beginning their lives again, substance-free.

The costs of your stay at Safe House Bangkok can be discussed with the Safe Havens representative.