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.

Women's House

Our women's recovery home offers a nurturing and empowering space for women to address their unique challenges, build self-esteem, and develop a network of support on their journey to lasting recovery. Learn More.

Men's House

Our men's recovery home fosters brotherhood, accountability, and personal development through high impact peer mentoring in parallel to the resident's 12-Step process to transform their thinking, feeling and actions towards sustainable recovery. Learn More.

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Your support of our nonprofit mission to help those with chronic and acute substance addiction find sustainable recovery without a financial barrier to entry that need it the most is vital to our continued success. Your donation today helps us ensure we are able to remain a non-profit life saving solution in a recovery community that has a dearth of affordable options for a drug free long-term high impact 12-Step peer mentoring driven process in a collaborative residential living environment. Please help us build our sustainable revenue for this year and for years to come!

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Awakening Recovery - A Non-Profit Structured Recovery Home in West La️ 7 hours ago

Teen drinking is down nationally, and that is real progress. But lower substance use does not necessarily mean young people are more connected, resilient, or prepared for adulthood. This piece from Awakening Recovery Co-Founding Executive Director David Vandervelde looks at what declining teen drinking may reveal about isolation, mental health, compensating behaviors, and the need for more holistic support as adolescents move into young adulthood. Read the full article here:

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Lower Teen Drinking Is Good News — But Not the Whole Youth Health Story

Axios recently reported something genuinely encouraging: today’s teenagers are drinking far less…

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