Gyst House
8101 Frenchmans Lane
Little Rock, AR 72209
About Gyst House
If you’re looking for a sober halfway house to continue your recovery in Little Rock, Arkansas, you can try Gyst House. They’re a community based non profit home that exists to help those who are severely dependent on drugs or alcohol, regardless of gender, race, or economic background.
They provide a wide variety of support services to meet whatever needs you may have. Those specifically related to addiction include 12 step groups, relapse prevention classes and Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous groups.
If you’d like to continue your education they provide referrals. You can get vocational training or complete your GED preparation and testing. They’ll teach you work ethics and how to manage finances. When it comes to practical assistance, they will help you move to permanent housing when you’re ready.
Personal growth is a big focus here. You can join a self esteem support group or learn life skills. They’ll take you through important social skills to help you reintegrate into the community and work environment. Moms and dads can get referrals to parenting classes.
For those involved with the courts, they provide a court liaison service. Your caseworker can help you meet court requirements and prevent you from getting into further difficulties.
What I like about them is the variety of activities you can do. Those who love sports can play basketball and baseball. An important part of recovery is rediscovering that life can be fun. While here, you get to drive go-carts or go bowling. Artistic people can do arts and crafts. They also offer bingo and baby dance.
People say it’s a tough environment but it achieves the goal. Others say they found the recovery structure very strict, but it was what they needed to get sober. Those who didn’t benefit from their time there talk about the place being dirty and having a low success rate.