Some residents just think that the Halfway House will be some sort of vacation for them. They come down from the Midwest on their parents' dime hoping for afternoons by the pool and barbecues at the beach or something. It doesn't often occur to them until they arrive that they will be slopping burgers and fries at some dirty fast food place just for barely enough funds to pay their rent and buy some store brand mac 'n cheese or microwave burritos with the leftover. Needless to say, it also seems to slip their mind that they will need to be doing all of this sober.