About this Recovery House
Carla Vista Sober Living - Las Vegas is a men's sober house in Las Vegas, Nevada, in Clark County. It is the Nevada home of Carla Vista Sober Living, an operator that also runs recovery residences in Arizona, Colorado and Nebraska. The company does not publish the street the house sits on, so applications and placement run through Carla Vista itself.
A Men's Sober House Run on Single-Gender Terms
Men and women live in separate Carla Vista houses, and the Las Vegas home is one of the men's. The house sits in a quiet residential neighborhood, and rooms are doubles, two clients to a room. A house manager lives in each of the operator's homes, so guidance and accountability come from someone who is there overnight and not from a phone number answered during office hours.
What This Clark County Recovery Home Includes
The living and dining rooms and the bedrooms come furnished, down to bed linens and bathroom towels, and the kitchen is stocked. Utilities are included, along with cable, WiFi, a house computer and a house telephone with local calls covered. There is a washer and dryer, an outdoor patio and onsite parking. The homes are sited close to 12-step meetings and meeting halls and close to public transportation, which is what a man arriving in Las Vegas without a car actually needs on day one.
What This Las Vegas Sober Living Home Asks of Residents
Carla Vista publishes its admission requirements, and they are demanding in a way that tells a prospective resident exactly what the house is for:
- At least 18 years old.
- Pass a move-in background screening, breathalyzer and drug test, then random and scheduled testing thereafter.
- Full-time employment, school or volunteer work.
- Two house meetings a week.
- Five 12-step meetings a week, with a homegroup, a sponsor and a service commitment inside that homegroup.
- Daily house chores.
Five meetings a week and a service commitment is a heavier program requirement than most recovery housing in southern Nevada carries. A man who already works a 12-step program will find the house built around what he is doing anyway. A man who does not will be doing it within his first month or he will not last.
An Out-of-State Sober Living Operator in Southern Nevada
Carla Vista is based in Gilbert, Arizona, and Las Vegas is its only Nevada address. The practical effect for a resident is mixed and worth understanding. Standards, house rules and the client agreement are the same document a resident would sign in Phoenix or Denver, which means they are settled, written down and not improvised. Decisions above the house manager are made from out of state.
Recovery Housing in Las Vegas and Clark County
Las Vegas is the seat of Clark County and the service hub for all of southern Nevada. Outpatient providers, the Regional Justice Center, the Clark County drug court, the College of Southern Nevada and the bulk of the region's hospitality and service employment all sit inside the city, so a man can meet a court obligation, keep an appointment and hold a shift without leaving the county. Residents of a Las Vegas sober house also sit within reach of Red Rock Canyon, Lake Mead and the Spring Mountains, which is a real thing when a house asks men to fill their weekends with something.
What to Ask Before Moving Into This Las Vegas Recovery Residence
Because the address is not published, the first conversation happens with the operator. The questions that get a prospective resident the furthest are the practical ones: what the weekly program fee covers and what it does not, what the total move-in cost comes to, where in the valley the house actually sits relative to a bus line and a job, how bedrooms and roommates are assigned, what happens after a relapse, and whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted. An operator running homes in four states should have written answers to all six.
Amenities
-Fully furnished living and dining rooms
-Fully furnished bedrooms
-Bedroom linens and bathroom towels
-Fully-stocked kitchen
-Cable, Netflix and/or Hulu television
-DVD player
-Wi-fi internet access
-House computer
-House telephone with local calls included
-Washer/Dryer
-Barbeque
-Outdoor patio
-Storage and parking
Admission Requirements
-Resident must be at least 18 years-old
-Pass move-in background screening, breathalyser and drug testing
-Daily house chores
-Full-time employment, school, or volunteer work
-Two weekly mandatory house meetings
-Two weekly mandatory house 12-step meetings
-12-step home group
-Sponsor in a 12-step program
-Daily 12-step meeting attendance
-Service commitment within 12-step home group
-Random and scheduled breathalyser and drug testing.
