A Beacon of Hope for Troubled Families
Sojourner House and Sojourner House MOMS (Mentoring, Opportunity, Motivation, Spirituality) provide compassionate, faith-based residential recovery services to mothers and children in the Pittsburgh area. We help mothers with substance use disorder learn to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and substance use while rebuilding damaged relationships with their children. Sojourner House believes women can build a brighter future when surrounded by what means most to them: their children.
What We Know
- About 1 in 8 Americans are living with a substance use disorder.
- There is no cure for substance use disorder, but it is possible to learn to manage the disorder and live a healthy, productive life.
- Children of parents with substance use disorder are four times more likely to develop substance use disorder themselves.
- Women in treatment report alarming histories of abuse, most commonly related to repetitive childhood physical or sexual assault.
- Mothers often don’t seek treatment for their substance use disorder for fear of losing their children.