Straight answers.

No. Merit is a peer-support recovery home. We don't provide detox or clinical care. We connect you with IOP, counseling and medication providers, and the house gives you structure while you do the work.

Yes. You need to have finished detox before you move in. Many residents come straight from residential treatment or while starting IOP.

$850 a month per bed. That covers a furnished bed, all utilities, Wi-Fi, linens, laundry and a house manager. Residents buy their own food. You can pay weekly or monthly.

Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid don't pay rent at sober living homes. They may cover your IOP, counseling and medication. Most residents pay from wages, SSDI or SSI, VA benefits, or help from family.

There's no fixed limit. Stay as long as you follow the rules, pay rent and keep doing the work.

No. Merit is an abstinence-based home, so residents can't be on medication-assisted treatment such as methadone or buprenorphine (Suboxone). Other prescribed medications are fine. They're kept in a lockbox and logged.

Safety comes first. Using in the house means leaving the house. We'll help you get to detox or treatment and talk about a path back.

Yes, in the common areas during set visiting hours. There are no overnight guests.

Often, yes. We work with officers and courts, and we review every application individually. Tell us your conditions when you apply.

Men 18 and older who have finished detox and are ready to live by the house rules: stay sober, work or attend IOP within 30 days, go to meetings and pull your weight.

In Olmos Park Terrace, San Antonio, TX 78212, inside Loop 410 and close to downtown, the Medical Center and bus routes. We share the exact address when you schedule a tour, to protect residents' privacy.

Call or apply and we'll call you back within 2 hours during the day. Tours happen within 48 hours, and you'll have a straight answer within 24 hours after that. If you're accepted and a bed is open, you move in after a drug screen, a signed agreement and your first payment.