Zoning laws can significantly impact where you can establish your sober living home. Research the zoning requirements in your desired location to ensure that you can legally operate a recovery facility there. Decide whether you want to run a for-profit or nonprofit sober living home. For-profit homes generate revenue by charging residents rent, while nonprofit…

MAP relies on harm reduction, a model that emphasizes decreasing the negative effects of substance use without requiring abstinence. Linde said harm reduction is better understood in relation to intravenous drug use that can lead to communicable diseases such as AIDS, hepatitis C and other infections. He believes the concept also is applicable to alcohol…