About this Recovery House
Traditions House is a men's sober house on Southwest 20th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in Broward County, in South Florida.
A Men's Sober House in Fort Lauderdale
Traditions House serves men only, which keeps the house meeting, the bathrooms and the day-to-day routine built around one population working the same steps. Southwest 20th Avenue sits in a residential section of Fort Lauderdale south of the New River, within reach of the city's outpatient providers and meeting halls without requiring a long drive.
What Florida's Voluntary FARR Certification Establishes
Recovery residences in Florida certify through the Florida Association of Recovery Residences, the only entity the state's Department of Children and Families has approved to credential this kind of housing. Certification is voluntary under state law, not a license, and a certified house has agreed to a written code of ethics, disclosed fees and rules before move-in, and an outside process for complaints. Since the program is optional, a house going without it is common in Florida and says nothing on its own about quality.
Traditions House and a Sister Home in Pompano Beach
The Traditions name also covers a women's residence, Traditions Sober House, on North Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach. The two houses split by gender and by city, which keeps the men's program at this Fort Lauderdale address focused on one population.
Fort Lauderdale Recovery Housing in Broward County
Fort Lauderdale is both a major South Florida city and the seat of Broward County, and it sits inside the same recovery-dense corridor that runs north through Pompano Beach and Delray Beach. Interstate 95, US 1 and the Broward County Transit network connect the city's outpatient clinics, meeting halls and job centers, and Fort Lauderdale's Tri-Rail station links the whole route down to Miami-Dade County.
What to Ask Before Moving Into This Fort Lauderdale Sober House
Applications go directly to Traditions House. The useful questions are the ones a certified program is obligated to answer in writing: what the weekly fee covers, whether a house manager lives on site, how bedrooms are assigned, what happens after a relapse, and whether residents on medication for opioid use disorder are accepted. Asking before move-in is the only way to know where a specific Fort Lauderdale sober house actually stands.
More on The Sober House
Sober living homes are group residences for people who are recovering from addiction. In most instances, people who live in sober homes have to follow certain house rules and contribute to the home by doing chores. Most importantly, residents must stay sober throughout their stay in the home.
