About this Sober House
Crosswinds Recovery - Livingston is a sober house in Missoula, Montana, the seat of Missoula County. Despite the name, this recovery home sits in western Montana, a long way west of the Park County town that shares it. Crosswinds Recovery operates it as one of four structured houses in the city, and it does not publish house addresses.
Locating This Missoula Sober House
The name has confused callers before, so it is worth settling first. The house is in Missoula, inside Missoula County, and the services a resident will use are the ones in that city: the district court, Providence St. Patrick Hospital, the University of Montana and Missoula College, and the fare-free Mountain Line bus network that links them. Anyone searching for recovery housing near Livingston in south-central Montana is looking at the wrong end of the state.
Structured Recovery Housing With Outpatient Support
Crosswinds began in January 2019 with the aim of reducing barriers for people coming out of incarceration, and it now runs four structured houses next to a state-licensed outpatient chemical dependency program. Housing, case management, peer support, laboratory drug testing and counseling all come from one agency. The intensive outpatient program runs ninety days, while a stay in the housing is flexible and lasts as long as a resident needs to put a foundation under it.
House Rules in This Missoula Recovery Residence
Residents accept random drug and alcohol testing, a nightly curfew, weekly house meetings, attendance at recovery and support groups, house chores and participation in the operator's outpatient treatment. The terms are identical at all four addresses. Beyond the rules, the agency connects residents to Medicaid and SNAP, employment, financial resources, spiritual communities and, in time, permanent housing.
Missoula County Recovery Homes and Regional Services
Missoula County holds the largest concentration of treatment providers, courts and entry-level employment in western Montana, and the city draws residents from Ravalli, Mineral, Sanders and Lake counties for exactly that reason. A resident here can meet a supervision requirement, keep a clinical appointment and work a shift without leaving the valley, which is not true of most towns in this part of the state.
Steps to Apply for This Sober Living Home
Applications go through Crosswinds Recovery, and the agency assigns the house. Ask which house has an opening and whether it is men's or women's, what the fee covers, whether outpatient enrollment is a condition of the bed, whether medication prescribed for opioid use disorder is accepted, and how discharge works. Montana requires every recovery residence to register with the Department of Public Health and Human Services, and certification through Recovery Access Montana is a separate, voluntary step.
