FAQ
What is APEX MAX SOBER LIVING?
Apex Max Sober Living offers a Level 3 Sober Living program. While our HQ is in Sandy Springs, we operate from different locations. Our main homes are in Roswell, GA and we are in the process of getting it fully certified and our goal is to get it GARR certified by December of 2024. We offer transitional housing to selected candidates who have no further need for rehabilitation or conventional sober living programs. We also offer hybrid or fully outpatient programs for those that need accountability and oversight but need to be close to home for one reason or the other.
We also have a recovery coach counselor that is available for personalized sessions to people outside the program at an hourly or weekly rate.
What do you offer in your residences?
All our residences offer doubles and singles. We do not have people on couches or crowd three people in a room. We have the lowest density of most sober livings in Atlanta. We strive to be the best house of the neighborhoods we are part of. No bunk beds. More than half of our beds are full size or Queen size beds. We have YouTubeTV and high speed internet in all of our residences. Selected residences have premium cable channels such as HBO, NFL Sunday Ticket, Shudder, Showtime and access to other premium services. Laundry is provided in every unit. TVs are usually 50 -65 inch 4K HD sets in the main living room. Each of our main houses have at least three refrigerators. Our houses have good front and back yards to give you enough personal space when you need it. We will offer rides to your jobs only if it is feasible for the staff to do so. Typically, expect to pay $5 to $20 per ride based on the distance and or time.
What can I expect during my stay
We adapt a personable program style when it comes to interaction between staff and residents. We are now limiting each of the houses to a single gender -male and female. While our standard offerings are better than other sober livings in our price range, we offer many rewards and incentives that no other program in Atlanta offers as often as we do. For you to take advantage of them, we have to deem your effort worthy of such incentives. We have a high staff to resident ratio. We dedicate time to help residents - past and present. We expect residents to pull their weight and show initiative. If you show enough initiative and have a very good attitude, you will not find a more rewarding program locally.
What entails completing your program
You need to be in the program for at least 6 months. If a court or other authorities mandate a longer program, then your program will be of the length that the authorities desire. If you fail a drug screen or get flagged for any disciplinary action, your time will be extended. You need to finish the curriculum that will be handed out to you. You need to get a sponsor. You will also undergo 12 step audits and expected to maintain an online activity and recovery journal on google sheets. You need to have a zero balance to qualify for a program completion. If there are special goals we feel you need to complete, you will be assigned them on admission and expect to achieve them by the time of graduation.
Do you have Counselors?
Our house manager, Leann Burton is certified as a Recovery Coach Professional. We are a level 3 program.
Are we allowed to work in Any job of our choice?
For the most part, yes. However, if you work in an environment conducive to high risk behavior, we may put a restriction on that based on how we assess where you are in the recovery process. Bartending is prohibited for newer residents.
What is your transition housing program?
Rules are more relaxed and these are separate apartments from the main sober living residences. It is meant to help our more stable graduates find solid housing choices after graduation and for those who still want a connection to the program even if they no longer wish to take part in every aspect of the program. We will still drug screen residents in this program and do housing checks. We do want them to be there for house property meetings. But the other sober living rules are relaxed. Currently, we have some transition residents mixed in the sober living program and they serve as mentors for the other residents.
Do you allow couples?
Currently, in the sober living program, couples are no longer accepted to be in the same house. Once they graduate the sober living program, they will be eligible to be considered for our transition housing. We can refer you to places if we cannot accomodate you.
A lot of sober living homes tend to get messy. i don’t know about this group living thing.
We have strict rules about cleanliness. We own most of our housing. So we have the ability to jump on maintenance issues faster than most sober livings. We have the discretion to keep upgrading the quality of our housing. If you have good construction skills, we may even come up with internal projects to get some weekly fees knocked off your bill.
what about meetings?
We have two mandatory house meetings each week where we talk about what is going on in the program and any recovery related issues. Right now, the Monday 7pm meeting is more recovery oriented. The Thursday 7pm meeting is more property and general living related. We also have an in-house 12 step meeting that counts as one of the required 2 meetings a week. While we do not have a bus for transportation to external meetings, we allow residents to choose meetings of their choice and carpool with other residents to attend such meetings to meet their weekly requirements. We mandate you attend at least two external 12-step meetings at the venue of your choice. Some candidates might be required to attend more based on their situation. If a drug court or court order mandates a certain level of attendance , we will make sure you attend those meetings.
What kind of drug screens are conducted?
We have 16 panel urine based instant drug screens. These cover all kinds of drugs such as opiates, meth, benzos, and even alcohol. Specimens may be sent to the lab for further confirmation or evaluation such as kratom or synthetics of any kind. We test even our staff.
Are those real pictures of your residences?
Not the one you see on the home page. That is a template we use for the home page. We are going to upload real pictures soon under our photos/gallery section. However, our goal is to get some premium residences sometime in 2020. However, we take pride in our residences being a better quality than our typical sober living house in Atlanta. Our facebook page has some candid pictures.
What are your fees?
All residents usually pay the admission intake plus two weeks of the weekly fees. We may allow partial payment, but that will be decided on a case by case basis. What we would like to see is how well you come across as a candidate, especially your recovery history, proof of a job, the kind of job, personal guarantee from someone else, and the presentation of a payment plan proposal. Such a proposal has to be approved by the management to consider partial payment.
Our fees include cleaning supplies and common stuff such as paper towels and toilet paper for the houses. . You can pay via Zelle, Venmo, Chime, Cash, Check, or Credit Card. Credit/Debit Card payments incur a 3% surcharge.
Admission Intake: $375
Weekly Fees (based on room type)
Standard Double: $300
Master Double: $315
Single: $350
Discounts: $25/week
To qualify for this discount, you must be on time with payments, be in good standing in the program in all aspects, and be in the program at least 30 days. If you get funding from other organizations, the discount won’t be needed. Most of our residents have qualified for this in recent months. Once you graduate from the program, you will be eligible for more discount offers, if you decide to stay longer.
Admission Letter:$150 If you need us to formulate an admission letter for probation or court or for any other reason, we will create and email one. However,, there will be a $150 fee.This will be credited towards your admission intake fees. So it’s only an extra fee if you do not pursue an actual admission after we send you an admission letter to probation or a lawyer or for any other reason,
Personalized Case Management: Custom fees
While we do assign a case manager for each resident, some residents may need a lot of personal coaching. In such cases, we can devise a custom track for you. The fees will be based on the needs of that resident that will be agreed upon entering the program and reassessed at a milestone date.
Non Residential/Hybrid programs:
We also have programs where the applicant, for one of various reasons, has to stay in their own own place or chooses to stay with us for a portion of the program and move to their house later in the program. The rates are adjusted accordingly, but on the average, the weekly fees are half the regular fees for the time they do not spend in our own housing. However, they still have to adhere to all other aspects of our program including curfews which can be verified with video checkin.
Do you offer Scholarships, Financial aid, or take insurance?
We have a partnership with a program that offers single/separated/divorced men with at least one child (21 or under) the chance to get half their fees paid for. We are in the process of adding insurance reimbursable outpatient programs. We have a good relationship with St. Vincent De Paul and they generally have given almost all our residents one time assistance checks from $250 or higher.
do we have to fill up an application?
Please fill out the contact page.
do you throw all of our belongings out if we get discharged?
Not for 24 hours. We can make no guarantees. However, we pride ourselves as being much better than other sober living programs in treating your belongings with respect in case you have to leave the program. When you are discharged, we will go over a plan to make your exit as drama free as possible. However, our priority is to keep your sentimental items and important items such as documents, family pictures, etc. intact regardless of your balance. The rest are also not ignored, but if your balance is not paid in full we can not put in extra effort and resources to store them very safely. We may use discretion to charge a storage fee if you want us to store your belongings for more than a day.