Back in 1991 I went to a 6 month in house rehab house called KIVA. It was a womens home with 42 women living there. It was in San Diego and it was paid by med-i-cal. (I was jobless and had a 2 yr old) Sure I would have loved to have been in a posh place like Britney Spears, Promises or something, but Kiva was GREAT!
I learned a lot there.
I would say at least 28 days in house minimum. I would also keep an open mind and don't go into major debt for this freedom you seek. Remember that expensive does not equal better recovery.
As far as what I did.....I will try to remember my schedule.
7:30 Exercise (we played softball, took a hike, or volleyball) all as a group, all 42 of us.
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Serenity time (sit alone, meditate, read spiritual literature, be alone)
9:30 Chores (we all knew what we had to do and did it)
10:00 Structure (we worked our steps) wrote, we all has assignments
12:00 Lunch & freetime
1:30 -3:30 structure
3:30 freetime break
4:00 group
5:00 Dinner
6:30 the 2 vans would leave to take a total of 12 women to outside meetings (we all did 3 outside meetings per week)
the rest would have a house AA/or NA meeting.
freetime and bed
It went something like that. People had to rotate to work in the kitchen for 2 weeks, menu plan and shop for groceries.
It was actually a lot of fun. I missed it a lot when I left.
I got visits from home on the weekends.
my son came to live w/ me after 3 months. the childcare rotated.
on the weekends we had to help out at the bingo hall. that was fun too!
I think you would love it! I hear the rehabs are a lot different now, but KIVA still runs the same.
Get in treatment and get clean! you will be so happy to be FREE!
blessings, Sheila