Last House Success Story – Kevin M.

I came into The Last House one year ago today as a lost grown little kid mentally thinking that if I just make money and distract myself from what is really going on I will be okay and look back at my addiction as just a speed bump, and keep going on with life. Growing up the youngest of 4 kids, I also felt like I never had a voice in my house, so I sought attention outside of the house from my peers, but always feeling a little off and not knowing what it was. I went all of high school and college partying like I thought a normal teen, college kid does, but in reality I was snorting vodka to get attention and get out of my head. My spring season of lacrosse I tore my knee and was prescribed Percocet and that finally was the answer to all those shitty feelings I had my whole life. That started a very dark and crazy 3 years of my life, all the way to a nasty end of me living in my car in the Kensington section of Philly, snorting heroin in order to go to a construction job.
My family gave me an ultimatum, either I go to their cabin in the mountains and train to get in the army or they call the cops and report their car, I was living in, stolen. I chose option A, and so I went and knocked heroin in about 5 months until I watched Christopher from the Sopranos, relapse on heroin and that was all I wanted to do. Without a program I was powerless and I came up with a plan to sneak down to Philly in the middle of the night to get dope. 3 days a week. That lasted about 2 months before I got arrested for DUI and possession. The cat was out of the bag again. I was kicked out and went to go get help at a state run facility in Philly, where I was the only one not from prison, which made me feel like an outsider and not a real addict still. Still thinking I just need to get a good job and move away to be okay. I did just that and had 4 months sober, working in downtown Philly. I decided to go to a work happy hour on Thursday, April 4 2018. I was going to drink, but it would be my secret. Well I blacked out and coped dope on my way back to my rehab. The next morning on April 5, 2018, I snorted a bag of Fentanyl and overdosed. I woke up to an EMT and the director telling me to breathe. It took 7 shots of Narcan to get me back. That was my last day of using. From the hospital I went to a wilderness program in North Carolina for 90 days and that’s where they told me about The Last House and I am so grateful they did. I have grown so much as a person and a man the past year because of The Last House and AA. They taught me patience and to find a way to sit with myself first, before I try to go get a job and distract myself. The Last House showed me what it actually means to work a true program. Having a brotherhood and community to lean on when times are tough and when things are great. From alumni, to staff, to roommates, the relationships I have today in my life are the best I have ever had. I love this place and I am so proud to call it my home.

Structured Sober Living Success Story

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My name is Miles and am 31 years old. I have been sober since November 11, 2014. I am an alcoholic and also used other drugs. My drug of choice was Crystal Meth. Before coming to The Last House, I was at an all-time low. My life was becoming more and more unmanageable. I had been using drugs every day for 5 years. I was able to function as an addict for some time but little by little problems would come up. I burned all my bridges, no one wanted anything to do with me. At the end my car was repossessed, I received an eviction notice and become homeless all within 2 months. For most people this would be a bottom but I continued using.  I always said to myself “it’s not that bad yet” but that was my addiction speaking. 

            My first time in treatment was at the age of 15. I was using meth and was stealing from my mom. She caught me stealing from her and immediately sent me to treatment. This was my first introduction to AA. I did not believe I was an addict at this time, I was simply going to treatment to guilt trip my family. I was playing the sympathy card and manipulating my family. I was not ready to get sober and not ready to surrender. As soon as I got out of treatment I continued to use. 

            Two weeks later I was arrested for smoking meth in a parking structure. I then was introduced to juvenile hall. After being sentenced I started to go to meetings and contribute in my Alumni treatment center. I was staying sober but again was not doing it for me, I just didn’t want to go back to jail. I managed to put 2 years of sobriety under my belt. At the age of 18 I was released from probation and continued to use drugs more than ever. What lead to this relapse was me not putting in work on myself and not taking my addiction serious. I wanted to have fun with my friends and did not think it was possible without drugs.

             I was using for 3 years and then ended up getting arrested again and went to back to jail at the age of 21. After I was out of jail I was able to stay sober again for around 1 year. I went to sober living in Costa Mesa. This sober living was very relaxed and all I had to do is pay rent and check-in once a week. There was no structure at all. At this sober living I knew others were using but ignored it due to me being on probation. As soon as I was released from probation I ended up relapsing with guys in the house. The same cycle started over again. After this relapse I would not get sober till the age of 27.

            November 11, 2014, I did what every grown man does and called my mom for help. My mom was waiting for this call for years. I called her because I was at the end of the road, it was either be homeless, eventually go to jail or die. She picked me up and took me to detox. In my head I felt regret because I was taking the one thing I relied on the most away “METH”. I did not know how to function without this. My first few days in detox I stayed to myself and slept for 3 days. My plan in the back of my head was to get a few days sober and then go back at it one more time. After detox I was taken to a structure sober living. I walked in to sober living on November 14 2014 and have been sober since.

            Becoming a new person was not easy, I had to learn how to live life all over again. My old ways were not going to work anymore. The guys in the house were very welcoming and had my best interest. At first, I didn’t want to hear what others told me and let my ego get the best of me. I would always try to run from my problems and not face them. I didn’t want to work on myself at all. So many times, I wanted to give up, but my brothers carried me through the toughest times. Accountability and integrity are two things I never had. I didn’t know how to be honest nor how to do the right thing. Two months into sober living my mind set was to leave and get high, it was about 6 months sober that I decided this life is actually a lot more attractive. I surrendered and left into god’s hands. My life started to mean something to me, I started to realize how important family is. I treated my family like crap my whole life and pointed the finger at everyone else. Today I get to show up for them and be a part of their lives. 

             I feel it was very important for me to invest time in working on myself without any distractions from the outside world. Being able to take direction from others and trust things are going to be okay. Cleaning up the wreckage of my past was not easy and didn’t happen overnight. I had to put trust and faith into others. If you are struggling and you are sick of the never-ending cycle of relapse there is hope for you. I used drugs for 14 years and never in a million years thought my life would be as blessed as it is today. I surround myself with good people, I show up for my family, and I am able to show up to work on time every day. My house is in order today. This past 4 years has been a journey and I thank The Last House community for showing me a new way of life and how to become a new man. 

Defining Sobriety: Getting Sober in Los Angeles

By dictionary definition, sobriety is simply the act of not drinking or using substances. In actuality, however, sobriety can mean a number of different things, and the way we choose to define sobriety for ourselves can define our recovery. As a sober living facility for men in Los Angeles, we choose to define sobriety as not just refraining from substance use, but as making necessary lifestyle changes which allow us to be the best versions of ourselves we can be. Through sober living methods that teach the importance of brotherhood, unity, accountability, and responsibility, we learn to rebuild ourselves into powerful, motivated men that are far too independent and confident to be swayed by temptations like drugs or alcohol.

Getting sober in Los Angeles

A great characteristic about pursuing sobriety in Los Angeles is that there are so many ways we can conquer our weaknesses and hone our strengths in order to become better versions of ourselves right here in the city. At the end of the day, no matter how much we learn in addiction treatment and sober living, sobriety is a choice that each one of us has to decide to make every day. Once we make the choice to live sober, southern California offers a host of activities to help keep us on the right path. After all, getting sober is about learning to have fun again, to live life fully, and to grab life by the horns. There’s no city that allows us to do that better than right here in Los Angeles.

Perhaps the greatest activity to enjoy sober here in Los Angeles is exercise– particularly outdoors. The weather simply couldn’t be much better for the majority of the year, and with some of the nation’s most beautiful and picturesque parks right here and the beach just a few minutes away, Los Angeles offers a number of ways for us to stay fit, and enjoy it. It also doesn’t hurt that most outdoor exercise activities here in LA are free.

Hitting the town for a night of performances also isn’t a bad idea. It’s no secret that Los Angeles is full of amazing talent from all over the world, and the city offers a cacophony of shows and events that cater to just about every palate imaginable. Being able to go out with a group of friends for some fun at iconic venues like The Smell, The Wiltern, or The Hollywood Bowl would make most people envious. Living here in Los Angeles though, we’ve got the opportunity to enjoy activities like this all the time.

Getting sober in Los Angeles allows us to stimulate ourselves, create some amazing experiences, and make recovery not just what we do, but who we are. Recovery is a lifestyle, and Los Angeles helps us live it.

Here at The Last House sober living facility, we teach our men to make the most out of what’s around them to live their best sober lives every day. Situated in Los Angeles, we offer an optimal opportunity for our men to grow, mature, and build their confidence through modalities that help rebuild them from the inside-out. Call us at 1-866-677-0090 to see how we can help you today.

Starting 2019 Sober: Best Year Ever

Starting 2019 Sober: Best Year Ever

We’ve made it. 2019 is finally upon us, and with every new year comes new opportunities to better ourselves, achieve our goals, and become the men we always knew we could be. Year one of the recovery journey can duly be one of the most challenging and rewarding years of our lives– and there’s no better time to get started than right now.

As a sober living facility in Los Angeles, many of our men come to us not just for help getting sober, but in order to work on strategies that will help them maintain their sobriety while living in one of the busiest, most populated cities in the world. There’s a lot of distractions here in Los Angeles, and our first year sober has to be the point at which we learn how to cope with these distractions safely and productively. Even though we’ve no doubt learned many strategies to beat addiction during initial treatment, the sober living environment provides us with the structure and support we need to transition back into the world with confidence.

Why is a sober living environment important for the first year?

Getting sober requires dedication, commitment, and hard work, and staying sober after initial treatment requires much of the same. One of the biggest reasons that the sober living environment is so useful is because it helps us jump a common first year hurdle known as  PAWS, or post-acute withdrawal syndrome. Doug, a successful lawyer and family man that battled addiction and graduated from initial treatment without incident, indicated just how hard PAWS was to deal with when he tried to make the transition from initial treatment to life at home on his own. Like many, he was confident that he was prepared for life on his own after learning to manage addiction and control cravings through initial treatment, but was in for a bit of a surprise.

“But I wasn’t [ready],” he explains. “Instead, I just got depressed, and the depression made me feel like if I drank maybe I would feel better. I knew rationally that wasn’t the case, but even after the physical cravings were gone, I just felt too raw to deal with life.”

The sober living environment helps us combat PAWS by helping us build confidence in our abilities, gain independence, learn accountability, and, most importantly, grow with a support system of men that are in the same situation we’re in. When people think of getting sober here in Los Angeles, the first thing they seem to think is that it means either no more fun, or constant fear of falling back into the same self-defeating thoughts and habits that caused them to drink in the first place. With sober living, however, that couldn’t be farther from the case. We help our men jump the PAWS hurdle in their first year by showing them how easy it is to live a substance-free life boldly and unashamedly.

The sober living environment is also very important for the first year of recovery because it provides us with a platform to learn and grow from our mistakes with the help of mentors and brothers that understand us and have our best interests at heart. Getting sober isn’t a process meant to be undertaken alone. That’s why most addiction treatment facilities here in Los Angeles and practically everywhere else rely heavily on the concept of group therapy, outings, and events. We know how important the recovery community is in treatment, and it’s even more important immediately after we leave initial treatment. The fact of the matter is that while it would be nice to return home to an environment that immediately understands what we’re going through and knows exactly how to help, that’s not always the case. Sometimes, even when family members and loved ones back home are well intentioned and want to genuinely help– as is often the case– there can still be a bit of a learning curve as they attempt to adjust to our new way of life. With the range of emotions, PAWS, and other first year hurdles to navigate, it can be extremely comforting to transition to an environment that knows exactly what we need to not just make it through our first year of getting sober, but to excel.

2019 really can be our best year ever, and not just because we’re committed to getting sober. Being our first year of recovery as men here in Los Angeles, 2019 can be the year that we become the men that we’ve always wanted to be. The journey to eternity starts with a single step, and that single step is taken here, in the first year of our recovery. By getting plugged into a sober living environment like The Last House, we can be confident that that step is a step in the right direction.

The Last House is a men’s sober living facility in the heart of Los Angeles. We believe that recovery is a lifelong process, and we provide our men with the tools they need to conquer addiction and live life to the fullest each and every day. There couldn’t be a better time than the start of the new year to make a pledge to live sober. Whether you’ve just graduated from initial treatment or are looking for a program to get back on the right track, The Last House is here to help. Call us at 1-866-677-0090 to get started today.

Let Your Feelings Fuel You

Let Your Feelings Fuel You

Ever notice how fierce competitors like to get slapped before the start of an intense fight? It’s not because they like the pain. It’s because the pain fuels them.

Sober living is a lot like that slap in the face. It’s gonna hurt like heck, but if we let it, it can make us even more amped up to go out and take control of our lives when we graduate. If we end up liking it, we’ll see gains in our lives like never before.

The Big Book is very direct about the importance of pain in recovery. “Pain is the admission price to a new life,” it says. It also says that eventually, we “begin to fear pain less, and desire humility more than ever.” Couldn’t get much clearer than that.

Sober living isn’t designed to hurt us, but it is designed to help us work out those kinks in our lives that we either thought no one knew about, or genuinely forgot about ourselves. Once we recover from addiction, we learn very quickly that there are things and people in this world that will stop at nothing to see us back where we were– helpless and on our backsides. If we don’t learn to trim ourselves of all of the extra mental and spiritual fat we put on in the years leading up to our substance use, it’s going to be quite difficult to get through some of the tough times we might face after graduation.

We do that by being real with each other in sober living. We’re accountable. We work as a unit. We learn respect, punctuality, and how to build the right kind of pride. We may feel picked on or like we can’t keep up with the demands and rigor that sober living requires, but we’ll never feel alone. Using these feelings to push ourselves to work harder, make smarter decisions, and step outside of our comfort zones is the only way to do things here. If our feelings aren’t fueling us, we’re doing something wrong.

Sober living is like P90X for our feelings. Ready. Set. Go.

The Last House is a premier men’s sober living facility based in West Los Angeles. We turn men into gentlemen by helping them build the skills and confidence they need to demolish the competition: the real world. Call 1-866-677-0090 to see how we can help you, your son, or your husband today!

Recovering with Grace

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Many who have successfully recovered from addiction count the mental struggle as one the most taxing of the entire recovery process. Our mindset is of utmost importance when it comes to determining whether or not our journey will be a successful one. The most important question in determining an individual’s aptitude for a successful recovery becomes one of whether or not they are truly mentally and spiritually ready for the process. While there is no definitive way to answer this, there are steps that can be taken to bolster readiness and ensure as smooth of a journey as possible.

In learning to recover with grace, it is important that you fundamentally understand that your treatment was just one step in a long recovery process. A lot of individuals are not ever able to truly recover because they, for whatever reason, cannot accept the fact that a lot more work must be done after treatment to make sure they’re ready for the everyday world. If you don’t accept this, it’s easy to play the blame game post-treatment and forget that treatment can only go so far. While shifting the blame on treatment may help to temporarily assuage guilt or responsibility, it contributes to the wrong mindset. If an individual opts for recovery, he must understand exactly what it is he is getting himself into. At The Last House, our sober living facility programs provide that baseline knowledge, and significantly help with the process of adjusting from treatment to everyday life.

The second step in recovering with grace is acknowledging that recovery is not an overnight process. Many people acknowledge that they are still recovering from addiction decades after treatment. Though they may not have touched a substance in years, they understand that every day presents an opportunity to get a little stronger, and that recovery is a never-ending process. Likewise, those that are just beginning the recovery process must not anticipate total transformation in a day’s time. Preparing yourself for a gradual process ensures that your mind stays focused on goals and milestones of the journey.

The third step in recovering with grace is ensuring that you keep your mind, soul, and body aligned throughout the entire process. While this is significantly easier to do in the care of a treatment facility, it can become rather difficult outside of the facility, when in the comfort (or confines) of your own home. That’s where The Last House comes in. Our sober living facility bridges that gap between treatment and home, and provides the tools you need to stay aligned throughout your transition. Here, you’ll learn just how much remembering to eat healthy, staying active both physically and mentally, and setting attainable goals for your physical, spiritual, and mental well-being can positively impact your recovery. Recovery is very much mental, but it also requires that the rest of your faculties be at peak performance.

Recovering with grace starts with step one: making the transition from treatment to the rest of your life. The Last House is here to help you not just make that transition, but to make the most of it. Call us at (855)998-5278 to start your life changing path today!

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Former student discusses success in the fashion industry

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