About this Recovery Home
Hope House, Westchester, Illinois, is a sober living home for men in Cook County, started in 2003.
Founded in 2003 for a Family Setting
Hope House was started in 2003 with the goal of giving men a new start, and it was founded to give recovering men a chance at real sobriety and a family setting. The unit of the program is the household rather than a caseload.
A Halfway Setting Between Treatment and a Lease
Hope House describes its sober housing as a place to live in a halfway like setting, which puts it between residential treatment and a lease of one's own: more structure than an apartment, less clinical apparatus than a treatment program. For a man discharged from treatment who is not ready to sign a lease, that middle rung is what he is looking for.
Why the Western Suburbs
Hope House serves the western suburbs of Chicago and describes the neighborhoods it works in as low crime and safe. Setting is part of what the house offers rather than an incidental detail, and Westchester's residential character is what it points to first.
Meetings and Getting Around
The house sits within reach of public transportation, and many of the area's 12-step meetings and Al-Anon clubs are a short distance away. That combination decides whether a resident without a car can hold a job and keep a meeting schedule at the same time, and the Al-Anon presence matters for the families who come into recovery alongside a man in the house.
Everyday Comforts
Hope House provides wireless internet, cable television and air conditioning. These are ordinary things, and that is the point: a resident applying for jobs online, or sitting out a July heat wave, is not fighting an obstacle that has nothing to do with staying sober.
Westchester and Cook County
Westchester is a Cook County village among Chicago's western suburbs, laced by the expressway corridors that tie it to the city and to the rest of the county. Men comparing sober living in Westchester, Illinois, or looking at recovery housing across western Cook County, will find Hope House defined by its family-setting founding purpose and its suburban location.
About Us
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
