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Recovery Zone History
by Ike Eichar
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Claude ‘Ike’ Eichar, Program Director
16456 Parthenia Street, North Hills, CA 91343
818 894 8617
Hello, my name is Ike:
I am the Program Director and your host should you decide to come to the
Recovery Zone. Since you are now trying to decide what the best avenue for
your recovery might be, I think a little information about myself and the
Recovery Zone might help. First I want you to know that I am also an addict
in recovery. I used drugs for 26 years, and spent 17 years behind the
state’s revolving doors because of it. In 1992 I decided to try and get my
life together, I could never seem to quit on my own and treatment seemed
only a temporary cure. i.e. I t lasted as long as I was in treatment. I had
heard about 12 step programs (AA, NA, CA) and I decided to give it a try.
The biggest problem I faced was trying to find a safe place to stay while I
built a foundation for my recovery. I found that safe place along with some
structure and peer support in a Sober Living Home. The idea being that one
addict helping another addict to stay clean has no parallel. Between the 12
step meetings, an out patient treatment program, and the sober living I
managed to build a foundation that has kept me drug free since July 17,
1992.
I started the Recovery Zone in 1999, because I wanted to reach out to my
fellow addicts/alcoholics who want to change their lives. In the effort to
help recovering addicts to help themselves, I set up the Recovery Zone so
that all they needed to bring is a desire to stop using and a willingness to
follow some simple structure.
The Recovery Zone is an approved member of the San Fernando Valley Sober
Living Coalition and the Los Angeles Sober Living Network. We work with the
courts, probation, and parole. The Zone is contracted with Walden House for
SASCA clients, who have completed a SAP program in prison, and SATCU clients
being released from County Jail. Additionally, we work with Prop 36 people
and outpatient treatment centers like Tarzana, Cri Help, and High Roads.
The purpose of sober living is to provide clean, inexpensive housing so
recovering addicts will have a safe, drug free place to live while they save
money, so they may transition back to society. More importantly sober living
provides peer support to those in recovery. While you are at the Zone you
will learn to take steps that have enabled recovery from the disease of
addiction/alcoholism in its many forms. You will be expected to attend
12-step meetings, in and outside the Recovery Zone. You will need to find
(with our help) a 12-step sponsor who will help guide you through the 12
steps. You will have a daily chore to perform. You will be expected to
follow all of the Recovery Zone Rules. You will be expected to participate
in weekly Council meetings. You may have to attend outpatient treatment at
one of the many treatment centers we work with (Prop 36 and Walden House
must attend outpatient treatment). You will be given random drug tests. If
you are able to work, you will be expected to find a job and remain employed
while you are here (we can help you find a job). You will maintain an 11pm
curfew for the first 30 days. After that late night or overnight passes will
be granted at Council discretion.
So if you decide to come to the Recovery Zone you will receive 3 meals a day
(the food is provided, you make breakfast and lunch dinner is usually
prepared by one or more guests in a family dinner atmosphere). Your
toiletries (soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, razors and shampoo) are provided.
Your bed and bedding (sheets, pillow cases, and towel) are provided for your
use as long as you are here. We have online digital cable TV (250 channels)
and every room has it’s own color TV. We have online computers that can be
used for resume writing, job searches, or just surfing the net (if you do
not know how someone will show you). For those of you who like to workout,
we have a professional style gym complete with Smith machines, 600 lbs of
Olympic weights, dumb bells, arm bars, and cardio machines.
The House on Parthenia is huge, 3000 sq ft. There are 9 bedrooms: Five 2-man
rooms, two 3-man rooms, one 4-man room and one 5-man room. The rooms are
spacious and the house feels like a home. There are pictures on the walls,
plants on the tables and all the rooms are nicely decorated. Also, the
longer you are here the fewer roommates you have. The cost for all this is
$140 a week or $560 a month (2-man rooms are $10 a week more). We accept SSI,
SSD, Workers Comp, or Unemployment insurance. We do not accept General
Relief; however we will help find you a job.
Please keep in mind that we are not a flophouse. We are not a home for
arsonist or pedophiles. We are here for addicts/alcoholics who are serious
about their recovery. If after reviewing this flyer and reading the house
rules (next page) you would still like to give us a try, ask your councilor
and she/he can make the necessary arraignments. Also please feel free to
call me collect at 818 894-8617 if you have any further questions.
Ps. While we do allow medicine including psych-meds, we do not allow any
medicine containing BZD’s, opiates, or amphetamines. If you are uncertain
about your meds ask us.
Sincerely,
Claude ‘Ike’ Eichar, Program Director |
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