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Lakeway, Texas, United States
A Friend's House in Lake Travis
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About A Friend's House in Lake Travis
A Friend’s House in Lake Travis is a certified sober living home for women over 40 recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. It offers a structured, supportive setting that helps residents transition from intensive treatment to independent living. The program emphasizes building healthy routines grounded in recovery principles and tailored to the needs of mature women.
Deepen Healing Through Structure and Accountability
The center follows a 12-Step recovery model, encouraging daily engagement in meetings, meditation, book studies, and sponsor relationships. House meetings, evening reflections, and regular drug and alcohol testing create consistency and accountability. This approach supports emotional, physical, and spiritual growth, equipping residents for lasting sobriety.
Experience Comfort in a Thoughtfully Designed Home
Residents enjoy private or semi-private rooms in a peaceful home environment. Cozy indoor common areas and outdoor decks offer space for connection and reflection around the fireplace or overlooking the gardens. Healthy meals, respectful routines, and a commitment to confidentiality help foster trust and focus. The home provides an ideal space for mature women to heal with dignity and purpose.
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Center Overview
Older Adults
Addiction and mental health treatment caters to adults 55+ and the age-specific challenges that can come with recovery, wellness, and overall happiness.
Women only
Women attend treatment in a gender-specific facility, with treatment delivered in a safe, nourishing, and supportive environment for greater comfort.
Treatment Focus
This center primarily treats substance use disorders, helping you stabilize, create relapse-prevention plans, and connect to compassionate support.
Care Options
Treatment
Specializations
Older Adults
Addiction and mental health treatment caters to adults 55+ and the age-specific challenges that can come with recovery, wellness, and overall happiness.
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Sober Living
These structured living environments help people transition out of rehab. Residents have more freedom than they do during rehab, but still follow certain rules.
Approaches
Twelve Step
Incorporating spirituality, community, and responsibility, 12-Step philosophies prioritize the guidance of a Higher Power and a continuation of 12-Step practices.
Gender-Specific
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
Therapies
Meditation & Mindfulness
A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
Twelve Step Facilitation
12-Step groups offer a framework for addiction recovery. Members commit to a higher power, recognize their issues, and support each other in the healing process.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
Prescription Drugs
It's possible to abuse any drug, even prescribed ones. If you crave a medication, or regularly take it more than directed, you may have an addiction.
Synthetic Drugs
Synthetic drugs are made in a lab, unlike plant-based drugs like mushrooms. Most synthetic drugs are either stimulants or synthetic cannabinoids.
Experience
Personal Amenities
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Special Considerations
Center Pets
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