i hope the residents wrote on Sep 18, 2008 8:27 PM:are not discouraged by this arrest, but i imagine they feel betrayed. stay strong and look after yourself and one another. God Bless.

Sad to hear wrote on Sep 18, 2008 8:37 PM:Sad to hear this news.

A place and people that are meant to help those in the most need...need help themselves.

Try to remember the "bigger picture".

Living Proof wrote on Sep 18, 2008 10:33 PM:Recovery's a road, not a destination.

a friend wrote on Sep 18, 2008 11:45 PM:So devastating to hear especially because she's one of my friends. We were in a program together and she was such a role model..it's hard to believe this has happened to her. I've seen her come along way and she just had a baby girl a few months ago. This just goes to show how quickly drugs can take you down. Her and her boys have been through so much and come so far over the past few years...it really just kills me that this is the outcome. I'll keep her and her kids in my prayers!!! One day at a time...

poor neighbors wrote on Sep 19, 2008 6:36 AM:Had one of those "sober living" homes next door to us. It was for women and children. Tatooed unsavory men in an out all hours. Roaring motorcycles. Mad dog stares from the frightening looking and acting male visitors if you happened to glance in their direction. Unsupervised, not properly dressed for weather and otherwise neglected young children wandering street. Neighborhood petty thefts soared. Law enforcement helicopters every night. Finally the owner lost the home. Now we have normal people. Let's here it for the joys of sober living homes in your neighborhood. Sorry these comments are not liberal enough. Let me try again. Oh forget it. Truth just aint liberal.

Rehab Guy wrote on Sep 19, 2008 6:50 AM:Rehab is for quitters.

Nothing like wrote on Sep 19, 2008 6:52 AM:clean and sober living behind bars! :) Thanks for the damage you have done to others that are really trying hard to stay clean and sober. She has probably endangered those at the recovery homes to leave until the State determines if these people should keep there license.

I hope that someone wrote on Sep 19, 2008 7:36 AM:i sable to love and care for those kids. Those kids never asked for this. There little lives have been turned upside down and will affect them for the rest of their lives. I pray for those kids......adults choose their own paths.

Scott wrote on Sep 19, 2008 8:13 AM:I think "poor neighbors" hit the nail right one the head. I had a friend in a program who bounced around from house to house because all of these "sober living" homes were just as described above. I sure would not want one in my neighborhood.

Esco Native wrote on Sep 19, 2008 8:29 AM:Well I hate to hear this I really do.. MY brother went there and he was an alcoholic he is cleaned up now. I hope they can get everything worked out and get some good people in there for management and help these people that want to be helped. God bless~

Parole Officers wrote on Sep 19, 2008 8:29 AM:are in and out of these places all the time 24 hours a day. I had a friend that was at this location and his parole officer as well as others would show up unannounced at all hours. Can't believe they wouldn't see this sooner. Maybe a little more investigative reporting is in order.

esteban wrote on Sep 19, 2008 8:40 AM:Classic....I do hope the kids can be cared for.

Hard_Job wrote on Sep 19, 2008 9:26 AM:To find the person willing to live and do the job would be difficult. It seems the person responsible for the facility would have to have a background and history with the population, not to mention I'm sure it's a real high-paying position (no pun intended).

But seriously, I hope Faulhaber gets Superior Court Judge Lisa Schall to hear her case.

Power of Prayer wrote on Sep 19, 2008 1:08 PM:Only God can judge..it's not our place to judge her. We don't know anything else about her life, she was obvioulsy strong in her recovery at one point to have even gotten that position to begin with. Nobody's perfect and we all make mistakes..some worse than others. But unless you've walked in her shoes you have no right to criticize. Especially if you have no idea what it's like to live life with that disease. A drug addiction is one of the most powerful diseases out there. Everything happens for a reason, so let's hope something good comes out of this.

WOW wrote on Sep 19, 2008 3:13 PM:poor neighbors please!!!! I'm sure you have been watching to much tv or your just to paranoid. People do change. I'm sorry to here about suzanne and her kids hopefully this will help her get her life back on track and be the mom she needs to be! We all make mistakes some bigger that others!!!!!

Success story wrote on Sep 19, 2008 4:25 PM:I agree with "wow" on that one...poor neighbors PLEASE!!! That is ridiculous. If that was the case that incident is few and far between..I know this because I lived in a sober living home in Escondido for 2 1/2 years and it was nothing like that!!! I was friends with every neighbor and still am to this day even after I moved out into my own place. I am forever grateful to have had the opportunity to live in a sober home because it truly saved my life. I'm not saying there are people who break the rules but not everyone is that way!!!

Dennis wrote on Sep 19, 2008 5:27 PM:"Fail" I'll be dumb at the cost of my sole, but do you think it was a relasps, or was it the prusser of the job.

Get serious wrote on Sep 20, 2008 4:56 AM:I agree with Scott. I have bounced from house to house, several of them are on the coalition website and none of them had a zero tolerance policy. I even complained in writing to the coalition and nothing happened. There are more drugs in these places then you can imagine.

Hopeful wrote on Sep 20, 2008 9:38 AM:The house I was in had no drugs or alcohol whatsoever and that was because of the fact that every roommate in my house took their sobriety seriously. That's the difference between my house and some of the other houses in my program. There were a couple houses that were like that and that's because those women didn't really want to be clean and sober. It's sad but true and you can't categorize every sober living home the same because they're all very different!!! I am a success story and there are quite a few people from my program that are as well...but on the other hand there are just as many that are back out in their addiction and unfortunately Suzanne was one of them. But she's still a wonderful person who I hold near to my heart. I wish the best for her and her children =)

Get th kids wrote on Sep 20, 2008 11:25 AM:away from this woman and now. It is time to break the cycle. The cycle of drugs/alcohol. I believe and 2nd chances but not 3rd and 4ths. This is the path that they have choosen, now it is time to lay in your bed. Maybe if we as society start being a little tougher on those who repeatedly put their kids through all this, then maybe 20 years down the road the success story for these kids will be better.

Get a clue wrote on Sep 24, 2008 7:13 AM:Just because 1 or 2 people fall, that doesn't make the whole recovery community a failure. I recently celebrated 15 years clean & sober & lived in one of those sober living homes. In fact, every place I've lived could be considered "sober living" as there are no drugs and/or alcohol allowed in my home. And yes, the tatooed guys on Harleys often show up, the newcomers are welcome, and the coffee pot is always on. And these people keep me clean & sober on a daily basis. These NIBY's need to maybe take a look at the number of success stories instead of looking at the occasional failure