OXFORD HOUSE - North Carolina Department of Corrections

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OXFORD HOUSEHOUSING, FELLOWSHIP, SELF-RELIANCE, SELF RESPECT, ANDMUTUAL SUPPORT FORRECOVERING INDIVIDUALSWHAT MAKES OXFORDHOUSE DIFFERENT?THE OXFORD HOUSE MODEL, SUPERIOR RESULTSFOR THIRTY YEARS» The house must be democratically self-run» The house membership is responsible for allhousehold expenses» The house must immediately expel any memberwho uses alcohol or drugs.TELL ME MORE..* Oxford House started with one house in Silver Spring, Marylandin 1975.* They have since spread throughout the world and there arenow 1,123 houses.* People can live in an Oxford House as long as they are drugand alcohol free and contribute to House solidarity whichincludes an equal amount of the household expenses.* Residents stay as long as they think they need Oxford House.Residents move on when they believe it is the "right thing todo".* Houses available to both men and women, and women withchildren.
WHY IS MY INVESTMENTGOING TO BE WORTH IT?OXFORD HOUSE RESIDENTS ARE MORESUCCESSFULOther privately run substance abuse rehabilitation facilities andgovernment mandated programs yield a major difference insuccess rate of their patients.- 20% success according to Dr. George E. Valiant, (NaturalHistory of Alcoholism Revisited Harvard University PressCambridge, 1995, P.300)In Contrast two studies released at the annual meeting of theAmerican Psychological Association in Washington, D.C., Aug.18, 2005 and conducted by a team of researchers at DePaulUniversity's Center for Community Research (CCR) concludethat recovering substance abusers who live together in selfgovernedOxford Houses attain a phenomenal abstinence rateof 65 to 87 percent, This is in contrast to published evidencethat a majority of substance abusers rdapse after treatment.GROUP HOME LIVING INFRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOODSWHERE ARE OXFORD HOUSES LOCATED?» Oxford Houses are situated in prosperous,friendly neighborhoods throughout the nation.» Houses located in 40 states includingWashington, DC. Worldwide in Canada andAustralia.OXFORD HOUSES AROUNDTHE COUNTRYNumber of HoMBM Per SJBI*1-10 ° 11-Z8 • 0*1 = «-T5 = 7«-1M> ' Ov»r 10O °
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OXFORD HOUSE - North Carolina Department of Corrections

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