The Sober Living Network - Quality Sober Living in Southern California

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Welcome to The Sober Living Network

Important Links

To find quality sober living in Southern California, use the drop-down locator above, and on every other site page. Listings are organized by area.

Information and registration for training workshops for sober living operators and managers is in our training section, at the link below:

Our new section on housing rights includes the Department of Justice opinion on sober living rights under the Fair Housing Act. Find it here

For toll-free referral information to quality Southern California sober living, see our referral page at this link:

To learn more about the Network's history and mission, visit this page:

If you want information about joining a local sober living coalition, membership requirements and materials can be found here:

For information about local Coalition and Chapter meetings, click this link:

The Sober Living Network is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the operation and management of sober living and other community recovery support resources.

Nearly 10,000 men and women in Southern California find safety and support in quality sober living each year. Recent university research has shown sober living to be tremendously effective in promoting long-term recovery from alcoholism and addiction.

These and similar studies suggest that sober living should play a prominent role in publicly supported efforts to combat the social toll of addiction and drug dependency. However sober living is virtually ignored by most governmental sources of funding.

F. Kenneth Schonlau
March 22, 1929 – January 22, 2009

The recovery community has lost a great friend, champion and guiding light. Ken Schonlau passed away on January 22nd at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. Among his many accomplishments in a long and distinguised career of service, Ken founded the Sober Living Network in 1995.

Due to his undying vision and tireless dedication, the Network has grown from a handful of homes to over 500, in six Southern California counties. Today we provide shelter and recovery support for over 6,000 men and women stuggling to overcome alcholism and addiction. The Network and its many volunteers are deeply committed to carrying on his work.

The Sober Living Network provides a range of community services, including:

Information, training, technical assistance and advocacy for quality sober living homes and community centers;
Development and promotion of quality assurance standards for sober living homes;
Management assistance to five Southern California county sober living coalitions, including effective implementation of standards by their members.
Direct assistance to homes serving at-risk women with young children.
The Network is a voice for adequate recognition, respect and legitimacy for community recovery support resources.
We're a resource to local and state governmental and administrative bodies on the policy implications of regulations concerning drug and alcohol rehabilitation and treatment, as well as land use and zoning issues that affect the health and viability of community recovery resources.

The Sober Living Network is a nonprofit tax-exempt public benefit corporation that gratefully accepts donations from those who understand the need for long-term recovery supportive housing and other community-based means of addressing the disease of addiction.

The Sober Living Network
P.O. Box 5235
Santa Monica, CA 90409
(310) 396-5270