Good Neighbor: Being a Good Neighbor

Being a Good Neighbor

An opportunity to live in a recovery home allows residents to live within a community.  Not only are they living with others in recovery, but they are living within a larger neighborhood.  Connecting outside the recovery home to the larger community can help residents feel connected and develop positive, pro-social skills to continue to live in neighborhoods after they leave recovery housing.

Residents may also learn positive, pro-social activities, hobbies and friendships that are not necessarily recovery related, but a positive way for them to grow in their recovery and increase their overall wellbeing.

Let’s look at steps required to be a good neighbor.