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The cycle of rehab, relapse, and repetition is all too common with an average relapse rate of 40% to 60%. Rehab isn't the last stage in the process of recovering from alcoholism and addiction, but it is a crucial one. Sadly, there is not much aftercare; without meeting basic needs, it is practically hard to keep up a career, rebuild relationships, save money, or prioritize self-care.
In addition to ending this cycle, sober living communities produce contributing members of society. While men and women make the journey into this lifelong commitment, the 4th Dimension Sobriety offers a safe and secure home. Because of its communal living style, community members have an inherent support system that helps them form indestructible relationships. With support from charity fundraisers in Milwaukee, WI, we’re working to bridge the gap between rehab and long-lasting sobriety.
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Milwaukee has twice as many addicts as Wisconsin and nearly twice as many as the US. The main supplier of a critical service in the city's rehabilitation continuum is the 4th Dimension Sobriety. The Federal Addictions Agency acknowledges sober living homes as essential, but they are all too frequently absent from the continuum of care. By acquiring the facility located at 500 E Center Street in the Riverwest district, 4th Dimension Sobriety plans to increase its bed capacity from 28 to 56, serving a larger clientele. In addition, it will offer care that will improve lifestyles and the neighborhoods of Riverwest and Harambee.
Why 4th Dimension
While the drug and alcohol problems have a detrimental impact on the economy, 4th Dimension Sobriety has a positive impact on recovery and the employability of people in recovery.
Sober living houses are a research-proven and cost-effective intervention strategy that neighbors support. Sober living houses are recognized by the federal addictions agency SAMSHA as vital but too often missing in the continuum of care; published research indicates they are a successful intervention including.
o Significant improvements on measures of substance use, alcohol and drug problems, employment, psychiatric symptoms and arrests in an evaluation of 245 individuals over an 18-month time period. Those improvements were maintained at 18 months. Polcin, Korcha, Bond and Galloway 2010
o Similar 18-month outcomes were found for 55 persons living in sober living houses affiliated with a treatment program. That sample included a significant number – 35% - of people who were recently homeless. Polcin, Korcha, Bond & Galloway, 2010
o Neighbors and community stakeholder views support sober living houses, They are generally viewed as an asset and residents were generally viewed as good neighbors. Neighbors expressed appreciation that the houses mandated abstinence from substances and stressed the importance of the houses to practice a “good neighbor” policy toward others. Polcin, Henderson, Trocki, Evans, & Wittman 2012
The essence of 4th Dimension is rooted in the 12-steps of recovery. Residents communally live, and work, with one another as they build a firm foundation for a life of happiness, peace, and usefulness. It offers supportive services such as holistic and clinical care as well as vocational and job supports.
Many people cannot find a sober living community in Wisconsin or the financial support to pay for it. The Center Street location has the capacity and the changed revenue structure that will expand by 40% the number of people who can be served.
The meeting rooms and communal spaces allow for more holistic treatment programs to be provided in the same space. Services like yoga or 12-step programs have previously been offered off site.
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