Private Room in a Sober-Oriented Home.

We offer private rooms for people with a minimum of three months (90 days) sobriety. This is a perfect transition from a sober-living house to a more a new SOBER and independent life. Rent includes a clean and private room and a Bathroom shared only with 2 other roommates (not 6-10 as in many sober homes). This is a 100% straight-edge sober environment (no one will be shooting up in the bathroom after hours). No boozers or users of any kinds permitted on site. when you stay with us, you are starting out with FULL RESPONSIBILITY for your new sober living situation, but with the support of a Landlord, roommates, neighbors and community that wants you to SUCCEED!

*** If you are an individual who does NOT have a history of substance addiction, you are also welcome to rent a room in our home. We simply ask that you limit your social drinking to outside of the house, so that temptation is not available for anyone here who may have substance issues.

Basic House Rules

1. Be Impeccable with your Word: 
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the Word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your Word in the direction of truth and love.
2. Don’t Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
3. Don’t Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.

Additional House Rules:

1. RECOVERY IS #1: Full-time residents are expected to be working with a 12 step sponsor (AA or ACA), medical professional and/or other guided program or mentor-ship of their personal choice, or to at least be involved in some form of recovery or spiritual program of their choice. Minimum 3 meetings per week.
2. 100% SOBRIETY: No alcohol or drugs or pharmaceuticals are allowed anywhere on premises. Any use of drugs or alcohol will be cause for the immediate forfeiture of rent and immediate discharge from WholeWay Home.
3. NO SMOKING: Cigarette smoking only allowed on the front porch bench. ***Cigars and pipes may be allowed outside on ceremonial occasions.
4. KEEP A CLEAN HOUSE: Residents agree to perform household chores and keep all communal areas of the house immaculate house (kitchen/living/bathroom). Each resident is responsible for keeping their own room neat and clean, including washing their bed linens once a week. Eating is allowed only in kitchen, dining and outdoor patio areas. Each resident is responsible for doing their own dishes and cleaning up after themselves immediately. Dirty dishes are not allowed to stay in the sink.
5. SCHEDULING: There are no Curfews, however, residents are expected to use courtesy and respect in their daily noise and light activities. Suggested Sound Off and Lights Out Schedule will be posted at the house. If anyone requests that the televisions or music be turned down, their request must be honored. Residents must alert management if they intend to be gone for long periods of time and provide estimated time of return. Outside overnight stays are acceptable, however, extended stays without giving prior notice is grounds for immediate discharge.
6. HOUSE MEETING: There is one House Meeting every month. The meetings cover both house matters and general health and recovery. If a resident has any issues with, or feedback regarding the way WholeWay Home is run, the resident should bring up their concerns at the House Meeting. Unless life threatening, personal issues should be tabled until the house meeting. We practice patience and friendly compromise until things can be handled with a Group Conscience.
7. COMMON DECENCY: The taking or using of another resident’s property (including food) without the owner’s permission will result in immediate discharge from WholeWay Home. Sleeping in common areas is not allowed.
8. CASH: Resident must have ability to pay rent via our online app, and pay a security deposit up front as proof of good faith. If you have a firm commitment to the WholeWay Home, but are unable to get a full security deposit, we will consider working with you on splitting those payments over time.
9. SUPPORT YOUR NEW LIFE: Residents are expected to be actively working towards their life goals and dreams and are also expected to support fellow residents in their respective ambitions. Full-time residents are encouraged to be 100% responsible for and to lead or facilitate one activity of their choice on a regular basis: meeting, workout session, hike, learning activity, or anything that inspires them. WholeWay Home is for leaders!
10. VISITOR POLICY: Additional visitors/guests are not allowed during normal day to day operations. Exception is for sponsors and healers (like energy workers/minister/health coach/masseuse/etc.) with prior notice to all other residents. I.E. everyone should have a courtesy heads-up that someone is coming over. If there is an agreed upon House Event, then visitors are always absolutely welcome to attend. Other special circumstances visits may also be considered. Any visitor who is found to be unwilling to abide by the House Rules, or appears under the influence or unstable will be asked to leave immediately. Absolutely NO overnight guests.
11. RULES: Resident agrees to abide by all House Rules without Exception. Management will have sole discretion to determine whether resident(s) have violated any of the Rules. Any violation of Rules is cause for discharge of the resident from the premises. In the event that a Resident is discharged, the resident will pack their belongings and leave the property immediately. Discharged Residents may be readmitted subject to staff approval, meaning based on overall conduct during previous stay and events surrounding your discharge. If a guest is readmitted, there is never a refund of lost rent. These rules are general guidelines and do not encompass all conduct that acceptable. Residents are expected to use Common sense and plain good manners. Rent is non-refundable for any reason. No exceptions.

WholeWay Home does not discriminate based on race, creed, color, sexual orientation, age or anything other than you be committed to radical and positive change!

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OLD Detailed House Rules and Requirements

These House Rules were setup when we were running WholeWay home as a strict sober-living oriented environment back in 2012. Now they serve as rough guidelines for the kind of conduct that is accepted around here. They should mostly make sense to you and be the way you are already living…
Mainly we follow the Golden Rule.

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The following rules are intended to make your stay at WholeWay Home a positive experience. Rules do not mean we are treated like children. By spelling out these rule so explicitly it simply means we are all mature people who can handle responsibility and are able to follow common sense and have good manners! It’s like the saying goes, “fences make good neighbors.” When all parties know what is expected of them, we keep drama and unnecessary conflict to a minimum.

1. Resident is committed to RADICAL life transformation and is clean/sober at time of application.
2. While in on our property, all Guests, Visitors and Residents will be expected to respect  and maintain a roughly vegetarian, GMO free, loosely macrobiotic type diet geared towards LIVING FOODS.
3. Absolutely no flesh-based foods are permitted in house. Lacto ovo  (dairy and eggs) is acceptable. Residents are encouraged to limit their intake of flesh foods while outside of the home to ethically raised, organically fed and free-range animals.
4. Residents are expected to not bring any artificially flavored, colored, fragrance or genetically modified (GMO) items into the home. Residents will be asked to remove these items from the premises.
5. Residents are expected to pay it forward and be interested in helping others in their quest for health and encourage other to WAKE UP.
6. Residents understand that WholeWay Home is about diving into the deep end of the pool in terms of personal recovery and acknowledge that some items may be uncomfortable or difficult to adhere to, but Residents agree to act on faith and to “white knuckle” it to get through to the other side and give anything and everything suggested the benefit of doubt.
7. Full-time residents are expected to have a minimum of 90 days sobriety and to be working with a sponsor, medical professional and/or other guided program or mentor-ship of their personal choice, or to at least be involved in some form of recovery or spiritual program of their choice and be interested in taking steps to improve their mental emotional and spiritual health.
8. No alcohol or drugs or pharmaceuticals are allowed anywhere on premises. NO cigarette smoking allowed anywhere on premises. Any regular use of drugs or alcohol will be cause for the immediate forfeiture of rent and immediate discharge from WholeWay Home. **Cigars and pipes may be allowed outside on ceremonial occasions.  **Ceremonial use of fermented beverages on special occasions are the exception to this rule. Alcohol is a ‘special occasion’ food. 🙂
9. Sorry no fur pets on site. Pets with scales or feathers may be allowed.
10. Full-time residents agree to perform regular household chores as posted. New Residents should let staff know if they have a preference for a specific household chore. Each resident is also responsible for keeping their own area neat and clean, including making their bed and washing their bed linens regularly.
11. Residents are expected to abide by a reasonable schedule. There are no Curfews, however, residents are expected to use courtesy and respect in their daily noise and light activities.
12. We try to have a House Meeting once a month after our Friday Shabbat, and attendance is highly encouraged. The meetings cover house matters, health and recovery.
13. The taking or using of another resident’s property (including food) without the owner’s permission will result in immediate discharge from WholeWay Home.
14. Residents should furnish WholeWay Home with a rough schedule and alert management if they intend to be gone for long periods of time and provide estimated time of return. We let you know the same. We all look out for one another.
15. Sleeping in common areas is not allowed.
16. Eating is allowed in kitchen, dining and outdoor patio areas. Exception to this rule is during Special Events or social gatherings. Each resident is responsible for doing their own dishes and cleaning up after themselves immediately. Dirty dishes are not allowed to stay in the sink. Dishwasher is provided only for special events when large amounts of dishes are used.
17. If anyone requests that the communal televisions and radios be turned down, their request must be honored. Headphones are provided.
18. Great care has gone into the design and displays in the public areas of WholeWay Home. Items may not be attached to walls or displayed in public areas without prior approval. You may decorate your private room however you wish.
19. If a resident has any issues with, or feedback regarding the way WholeWay Home is run, the resident should bring up their concerns at a House Meeting. Unless life threatening, personal issues should be tabled until the house meeting.
20. Resident must have ability to pay rent in cash and pay a security deposit up front as proof of good faith.
21. Resident agrees to abide by all TV channel, sports spectator, music and video gaming restrictions within the home in the public spaces – No Violence Allowed. IF it is audible to others we request that music or other sounds are limited to motivational tapes, spiritual oriented sounds, and soothing consonant music such as Baroque Classical music.
22. Residents are expected to be actively working towards their life goals and dreams and are also expected to support fellow residents in their respective ambitions.
23. Full-time residents are encouraged to be responsible for and to lead or facilitate one activity of their choice on a regular basis: meeting, workout session, hike, learning activity, or anything that inspires them. WholeWay Home is for leaders!
24. Residents are expected to learn all they can about the links between addiction, recovery and nutrition as it relates to brain health and happiness. Residents are fully expected to invest in and take the supplements, foods and/or whatever treatments are recommended by their integrated health provider.
25. Residents are required to be familiar with meditation AND the concepts behind “The Four Agreements.”
26. Visitor Policy: Additional visitors/guests are not allowed during normal day to day operations. Exception is for healers (like energy workers/minister/health coach/masseuse/etc.) with prior notice to all other residents. I.E. everyone should have a courtesy heads-up that someone is coming over.
27. No overnight guests.
28. Resident agrees to abide by all House Rules without Exception. Management will have sole discretion to determine whether resident(s) have violated any of the Rules. Any violation of Rules is cause for discharge of the resident from the premises. Any visitor who is found to be unwilling to abide by the House Rules, or appears under the influence or unstable will be asked to leave immediately.
29. Discharged Residents may be readmitted subject to staff approval, meaning based on overall conduct during previous stay and events surrounding your discharge. If a guest is readmitted, there is never a refund of lost rent.
30. These rules are general guidelines and do not encompass all conduct that acceptable. Residents are expected to use Common sense and plain Good Manners.
31. Rent is non-refundable for any reason. No exceptions.

WholeWay Home does not discriminate based on race, creed, color, sexual orientation, age or anything other than you be committed to radical and positive change!

CHORES: HOME + GARDEN

In addition to monthly rent in cash, you are required to put in 8-10 hours of work a month in the house and/or garden. Kitchen, Bathroom and regular floor mopping chores will be shared. When weather permits, you may be asked to work in the Urban Food Forest: weeding, checking on drip lines, trimming the fruit trees and/or other interesting building and planting projects.

Bottom Line Costs

Rent is $600 a month. Includes all basic utilities.
Ability to work off an additional $50 a month rent by doing extra misc. tasks around the house.
1 month security is required. Security may be paid in 2 monthly installments with a 6 month commitment to your room.

Communal Areas

Together, YOU and your future roommates are responsible for cleaning the main living area. And YOU are responsible for cleaning your own room. LANDLORD PAYS ALL BASIC UTILITIES: water, sewer, trash, power and gas. IF YOU WANT CABLE OR INTERNET, you must work that out with your roommates. The house is setup for cable, DISH and internet, but YOU must turn it on if desired.