About this Recovery Home
N' The Spirit Transformational Living, in Chicago, Illinois, is a certified sober living home for women in Cook County, operated by N' The Spirit Homes.
Certified Recovery Housing for Women
The Illinois Association of Extended Care, the state's NARR affiliate, lists N' The Spirit Transformational Living as certified on its Illinois register. The program describes itself as providing holistic recovery support services for women. Appearing on the register under the house's own name, rather than only through an operator, is what lets a prospective resident check this particular residence against an outside list.
A House Themed Room by Room
Inside the South Yale Avenue house, each room carries a spiritual attribute as its name: Love in the prayer room, and Understanding, Strength, Power, Imagination, Faith, Enthusiasm and Zeal, and Order across the rest of the home. The butterfly serves as the facility's symbolic emblem, representing transformation and beauty. Naming rooms after attributes instead of numbering them is a small thing that tells a resident how the house thinks about itself.
Program Structure for Body, Mind and Spirit
The program is designed to provide structure and holistic support as each participant addresses physical, mental and spiritual needs. Speaker or book study meetings are held weekly to provide further recovery support, and aerobic exercise is built into the program to promote health and wellness. A weekly meeting inside the house is a fixed point a resident can count on, and building exercise into the program treats physical health as part of recovery rather than as something left to individual initiative.
A Full Kitchen and Shared Living Space
The home includes a full kitchen, a large shared living space, laundry machines and a common area used for both program and leisure activities. That shared space is what allows group programming to happen inside the house rather than somewhere else, and a full kitchen and on-site laundry keep the ordinary business of a week from requiring a trip out.
Community Partners on the South Side
N' The Spirit names UMARC, the Illinois Department of Human Services, Healing Illinois, the Chicago Community Trust and the South Side Task Force among its partners, tying this women's recovery residence to organizations working beyond its own walls. A named partner list gives a resident routes out of the house as well as into it, since each of those bodies works on something a single residence does not provide by itself.
Sober Living Options in Cook County
For women comparing sober living in Chicago, Illinois, or Cook County recovery housing on the South Side, N' The Spirit Transformational Living pairs certification on the state register with a program that treats the house itself as part of the work. Chicago is the seat of Cook County, the most populous county in Illinois, and the South Side is the largest by area of the city's three principal divisions.
ABOUT US
All living things require love to survive, including ourselves. We must first attend to our own needs for love before we can love others. When we neglect ourselves emotionally, we become emotionally toxic and are not whole enough to give love to others. When we change the inner dialogue from the inner critic to that of the inner companion, we bolster our self-esteem and self-respect. Then we are free to nurture all individuals by being the caring, compassionate, thoughtful and kind beings we truly are.
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.
