Opinion: For the few who are able to detox, there is a striking lack of abstinence\u002Dbased or recovery\u002Dcentred permanent housing options.
that statistically, your life expectancy decreases if you are living in the Downtown Eastside or lower-income city centres where people experiencing homelessness usually live. You are likely to die far sooner — as much as 30 years sooner — than the city average.
As the treatment pillar, detox and recovery are powerful tools used in tandem with harm reduction to help those struggling with addiction. Unfortunately, there are deep crevices within the detox system and lack of available housing for those living in recovery. For the few who complete a recovery program, there is a striking lack of abstinence-based or recovery-centred permanent, affordable housing options. Research has shown that if someone settles into life after a recovery program with at least five years of relapse-free sobriety, their risk of relapse is the same as the general public. They have a better chance at staying sober for life.
Our Gateway Pre-Recovery Program is encouraged for men who’ve been accepted into a recovery program, whether they have come from detox or not. It is a space where they can rest for a few weeks and prepare for recovery. We hope that through this support, men won’t be drawn as strongly to use again once independent life becomes stressful. But if they do end up relapsing, they have a network of people around them who love them and check in on them, making it less likely that they will die from an overdose than if they had been isolated and alone.
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