Every clean/sober living place has one thing in common. Not one of them is clean/sober. Anyone dealing with alcohol dependence (i haven’t a clue about street drugs/chemicals) can depend on the 12-step program of principled living thats found in Alcoholics Anonymous...not just to get sober but to get a sane/spiritual life back. Its founded on Christian principles and simply put, the way it works makes complete sense. Stay safe.
You are paining with too wide a brush. I worked for six years at the Sunnyslope (Phoenix) House of Refuge. It was working man’s shelter that was Christian, clean, sober, and required attendance at AA meetings. It was affiliated with a Mennonite church, even though few of us were actually Mennonite.
The first two year that I volunteered there was to provide nightly Bible study training. The next two years, I ran the Bible study training arranging for the instructors. I was also on the Board of Directors. The last two years, I was President of the board of directors.
My sister bought a house for them to be used for a similar program for single mothers with children.
BTW: We never took government money!
AA’s success rate isn’t higher than anybody else’s. It’s addiction to saying all other methods don’t work though frankly makes it a toxic organization.