About this Sober House
Kairos House is a women's sober living home in Walker, Louisiana, in Livingston Parish, on Galloway Garden Lane. It sits in the Florida Parishes east of Baton Rouge, in one of the fastest growing suburban corridors in the state.
A Women's Sober House in Walker
The house serves women. In a market where most recovery housing is built for men, a women's residence answers the question a caller usually asks first, and it settles the rest of the household with it: bedrooms, bathrooms, house meetings and visitor rules are written for one population. Walker itself is a small city, which changes the texture of the arrangement. Neighbors know the house, the grocery store is the same one every week, and the anonymity of a large city is not available.
Recovery Housing in Livingston Parish
Walker lies on Interstate 12 between Baton Rouge and Hammond, with Denham Springs immediately west and Livingston, the parish seat, to the east. That position is the practical value of the address. The Baton Rouge treatment system, with its outpatient programs, detox capacity and drug court, is a twenty minute drive down the interstate, and Livingston Parish's own courthouse and clerk's office are the same distance the other way. A resident can hold a Baton Rouge appointment schedule while living in a quieter parish, and Livingston Parish has recovery housing of its own in short supply, so a bed in Walker fills quickly.
Voluntary Certification for Louisiana Recovery Residences
Louisiana does not license recovery residences. No state agency inspects them, no registry lists them, and the Louisiana Association of Recovery Residences states plainly that it is not a licensing authority and that operators submit for certification voluntarily. For a woman comparing houses in Livingston Parish, that means the comparison has to be built from documents the operator provides. Certification, where an operator holds it, commits a residence to a code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint process that reaches past the house.
What to Ask Before Moving Into This Walker Sober House
Inquiries go to the house. The questions that get an applicant the furthest are the ones any organized residence can answer on the spot: what the weekly fee is and what it covers, how many women share a bedroom, whether a house manager sleeps on site, what the minimum stay is, whether prescribed medication for opioid use disorder is accepted, and what happens the night someone relapses. A house that will put those answers in writing before move-in has told you most of what you need to know about how it is run.
Minimum requirements for admission
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Committed to stay at least 6 months. You may stay longer than 6 months.
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Complete abstinence from all mind & mood-altering substances. This includes illegal drugs, alcohol, prescription drugs or any other mind-altering substance. We DO NOT accept residents that are taking Suboxone or Subutex, We screen for those as well.
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You must be willing to get a sponsor, who will help guide you through your recovery
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Complete willingness to follow all rules and directions.
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You must either have a job, be actively seeking employment, be attending an outpatient or enrolled in a trade school or college
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We have a strict “no fraternization†policy for the first 30 days. This means no dating, hanging out or spending time with the opposite sex.
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Willingness to attend mandatory meetings. There are two mandatory house meetings that you are required to attend weekly. Additionally, you must attend a minimum of two other meetings of your choice.
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You are strongly encouraged to attend a church weekly.
