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When I completed the interview and was accepted into the house on November 15th, 2019, I was beyond grateful and motivated Sober living home to do the next right thing. At my first House meeting, I was voted to be president of the House. I got my first taste of the democratic process and really enjoyed the dynamic of how it all worked. I was hungry to learn all that I could.After the first two weeks, the outreach worker who was also residing in the same house took me to another Oxford House to attend their House meeting.
Kelsey Harris – Resident
While working on my own personal recovery, I have been given the opportunity to do service work within the community and even in my own House and others within my Chapter. I am able to share my experiences, good and bad, with my Oxford sisters who have moved into the house during my tenure here. By the time many of us had stopped drinking, we had lost jobs; we had lost families, and some of us either had no place to oxford sober living live or no place to live which was not an invitation to start drinking again.
Who Starts and Manages Oxford Houses?
House officers have term limits to avoid bossism or corruption of egalitarian democracy. Every member has an equal vote regardless of how long they’ve been there. There’s no time limit on how long a member can live in an Oxford House.
Q. What is an Oxford House Charter?
Oxford House is built on the premise of expanding in order to meet the needs of recovering alcoholics and drug addicts. This principle contrasts sharply with the principle of providing the alcoholic or drug addict with assistance for a limited time period in order to make room for a more recently recovering alcoholic or drug addict. The average length of jail time is about one year, with a range of few days to more than ten years. This is understandable since as many as 80% of the current jail/prison population are alcoholics and drug addicts.
