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Structured Sober Living in Connecticut for Adults

RIGHT
PATH
HOUSE

 

THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED SOBER LIVING
FOR ADULT WOMEN and MEN IN GENDER-SPECIFIC HOMES

In the welcoming shoreline towns of Madison and Clinton Connecticut, we’re helping reshape what sober living can be for recovering adults over the age of 18. At Right Path House at Acorn Hill (for women) and RPM (Right Path Men's) on Elmwood, we’ve elevated the idea of a sober home into a true recovery residence—where adults moving from rehab have every opportunity to thrive.

 

Recovery Living House

RPM
Recovery Residence
for Men

 


Right Path House
Recovery Residence for Women

We do things differently

What makes us different

Our Approach is Whole Person 

Our approach empowers adults in recovery by providing a safe, CTARR certified, (sober living home) recovery residence where compassion and accountability converge under our roof.

We commit to helping you with recovery coaching, setting up your personalized 12 step meeting schedule, a gym schedule, help finding a solid 'sober' job, and finding the perfect wraparound clinical support.

 

If you are now ready to try "doing something different because you want different results".

We're especially aligned with finding supports that can make a difference like neurofeedback, EMDR, really digging into the steps or experiencing equine. We center around honoring the dignity of all and finding the small, positive outcomes to turn recovery into a durable path forward.

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About Our Design

Our Design Builds Integration and Construction

We crafted our sober living Connecticut based program on the decades of research that SAMHSA provides on long-term recovery. There are four main stays, or pillars: (1) build a community of peers, (2) discover a sense of purpose, (3) live safely in our house and (4) set up a program of wellness that encompasses a whole life. (read more)

What unites any 12-step community?

It's the deeply human search for connection, meaning, and sustainable transformation that's provided and witnessed within a fellowship of equals, one day and one story at a time. That's why in our house, we actively create connection through our shared dinners and morning meetings for those not at IOP.  Plus, house outings to the beach, hiking trails or enjoying any one of the interesting activities in the greater New Haven/Connecticut Shore area. We're also host to our local women's AA community by opening our doors to a Women's Speaker Meeting every Wednesday evening. 

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Neurofeedback and recovery

We've found that Neurofeedback can often help residents that have a history of multiple rehab experiences. It's an optional add-on that's conveniently located onsite. Neurofeedback trains brain activity using real-time feedback to improve emotional regulation and reduce hyperarousal, which can lower symptoms of anxiety and impulsivity. 

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A Welcome 

Our In-House Culture Starts With Our Coaches

​​​​​​Because we're committed to safety, dignity, and respect, all our communication practices are trauma informed.

Our coaches engage in on-going training because our goal is a culture where honesty is met with support and even the smallest demonstration of courage is recognized. Our culture is also supported by our on-going requirement that everyone of us, from staff to residents, be engaged with an experienced therapist and 12-step sponsor.

In addition to working with their coach, we believe that each person also needs a clinician and a sponsor with whom they can truly and genuinely connect.

We hand-pick clinical specialists from the surrounding area for in-person and for virtual, the selection can extend to the entire state of Connecticut. Sponsors are chosen by the resident within the first few weeks. There are two recommended intensive outpatient services near us and many opportunities for work. No matter what, the resident has the final word in all their choices.

"Where do I even begin? It's only been 5 months and look where I am! Where will I be in another five months? The sky is the limit!" 

N.S., Greenwich, CT

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Welcome

Our Leadership

Co-Founders are Lisa Ferguson and Rob Schiffer and a host of supportive people with a few rehabs that took a chance on us when we first started in 2015. With backgrounds in personal recovery, personal family recovery, business, insurance, education, and a love for science, horses, construction, education, and 12-step recovery, we would like to think that by example, hope arrives as we put all our care and skill knowledge into use.  

© 2023 by ME AND

MY HAPPY SELF 

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On the beautiful Connecticut shore, we own and operate two gender-specific homes: a men's and a women's house in Clinton and Madison. In safe, certified, and comfortable sober houses, each offers a community where we get well and find purpose.

Here's how:

​1. Assess each potential resident’s needs and determine whether the level of support available within the residence is appropriate. Provide assistance to the resident for referral in or outside of the residence.

2. Value diversity and non-discrimination.

3. Provide a safe, homelike environment that meets NARR Standards.

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4. Maintain an alcohol- and illicit-drug-free environment.

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5. Honor your right to choose your recovery paths within the parameters defined by the residence organization.

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6. Protect your privacy and personal rights.

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7. Provide consistent and uniformly applied rules.

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8. Provide for the health, safety and welfare of each resident.

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9. Address each resident fairly in all situations.

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10. Encourage you to sustain relationships with professionals, recovery support service providers and allies.

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11. Take appropriate action to stop intimidation, bullying, sexual harassment and/or otherwise threatening behavior of residents, staff and visitors within the residence.

12. Take appropriate action to stop retribution, intimidation, or any negative consequences that could occur as the result of a grievance or complaint.

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13. Provide consistent, fair practices for drug testing that promote your recovery and the health and safety of the recovery environment and protect the privacy of resident information to the extent allowed by law.

14. Provide an environment in which each resident’s recovery needs are the primary factors in all decision making.

 

15. Promote the residence with marketing or advertising that is supported by accurate, open and honest claims.

 

16. Decline taking an active role in the recovery plans of relatives, close friends, and/or business acquaintances who may apply to live in the recovery residence.

 

17. Sustain transparency in operational and financial decisions.

 

18. Maintain clear personal and professional boundaries.

 

19. Operate within the residence’s scope of service and within professional training and credentials.

 

20. Maintain an environment that promotes the peace and safety of the surrounding neighborhood and the community at large.

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