Awakening Recovery

Lifesaving 12-Step Peer Mentoring Recovery Homes

SAVE THE DATE: AWAKENING RECOVERY 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION!

Join us on November 8, 2026, as we celebrate 10 years of recovery, community, and lives rebuilt.

Event Details

Executive Director David Van Der Velde discusses recovery principles.

Structured Men's and Women's Recovery Homes in Los Angeles

Our nonprofit drug free recovery homes in Los Angeles serve the most vulnerable with chronic and acute substance addiction. Our residents seek a life-saving, transformative and sustainable recovery approach in a gender specific collaborative living environment based on finding a spiritual awakening through the 12-Steps, combined with fostering lasting behavior change through high impact peer mentoring from our fellow residents, and our alumni support community.

People holding hands in a circle symbolizing support and recovery.

Should publicly funded housing offer people a real choice to live in a recovery-supportive environment? San Francisco's new policy points to a broader need: a true continuum of housing that includes voluntary abstinence-supportive options, long-term recovery housing, and affordable Phase 2 Recovery Apartments. Our Executive Director, David van der Velde, considers how thoughtful implementation can protect both recovery and housing stability. Read the full article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/recovery-supportive-housing-should-real-choice-david-van-der-velde-kh9pc #RecoveryHousing #AddictionRecovery #SupportiveHousing #HousingPolicy

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