At Palm View we understand how important a person’s living environment is. Choosing to be in an atmosphere of solution minded peers can make the difference between long term recovery or yet another relapse. Palm View strives to provide AHCCCS clients with safe, supportive, and structured living conditions.
Each west valley sober living property is staffed with around the clock supervision and each client’s day is pre-planned with growth focused activities. Weekdays begin with a 7:30 am “morning meditation group” where clients can get the day started right. Nightly curfew is 10:00 pm unless an approved extension has been granted. Clients are subjected to weekly drug and alcohol screens to ensure a sober living environment. Living spaces are to be kept neat and orderly. There are washers and dryers on site for the clients to use. At each property there are daily transports to the IOP offices, local 12-step fellowships and the nearby fitness center.
We ask that each Arizona sober living client either be working, going to school or volunteering. They must be filling their days with productive, life affirming activities. We do require a small sober living fee, not to net a profit but to cover the overhead and to grant the clients a chance at becoming accustomed to paying their way. Adhering to a budget and saving money are an integral part of functioning in society. We aim to provide a space for that to happen.
Clients at Palm View are expected to provide their own groceries. Most clients on AHCCCS do qualify for the state’s food assistance program and we will provide weekly transport to the local DES office to help obtain these benefits. Palm View also works with numerous local food banks to ensure our clients never go hungry. At Palm View we understand the value that comes with planning and cooking one’s own meals.
Palm View’s sober living program is the perfect opportunity to relearn life on life’s terms, life without drugs and alcohol. We aim to create environments that mimic the stress of the “real world” while also providing a safety net of structure and support. At Palm View, clients are allowed various levels of freedom and flexibility. As long as they have been exhibiting an ability to make recovery-minded decisions, they can begin constructing their life outside of treatment. We want to be that bridge between treatment and the real world. This means progressively more freedoms and responsibilities. In the sober living program, our driving force is creating routines and habits, ways of being, that continue long after the clients leave our care.