Sobering centers are short-term (less than 24-hour), nonpunitive care facilities where people can safely recover from the effects of acute alcohol and/or other drug intoxication. My own journey ...

Months after her stay at the sobering center, the 32-year-old hit her "grace of God" moment. She called her recovery coach at the sobering center and asked for help. Then, she came back.

Since it was launched, The Sobering Center has served as a place for local first responders to transfer low-risk intoxicated people who would otherwise be taken to jail or a hospital to sober up.

San Luis Obispo County opened a new sobering center on June 21, 2024. The center will be a bridge between the immediate need for a safe place to get sober and longer-term services.

In December 2016, the David L. Murphy Sobering Center opened on Skid Row. Created to treat people described as “serial inebriates,” the idea was twofold: It would provide specialized treatment ...

The Sobering Center opened its first floor in 2018, providing a calm space with cots where inebriated people can sleep it off, talk with a counselor and go back into the world.

The sobering center is intended to replace a long-shuttered location run by the nonprofit Central City Concern. The old sobering station had operated for more than 30 years and was the only ...

The sobering center has reduced that number significantly: From June 2013 to June 2014, Houston police booked just shy of 2,500 people on public intoxication, according to sobering center numbers.