Items to bring

  • Enough clothing to last at least 10 days (residents can use the washers and dryers on campus and detergent is provided) {Residents are in a “school-like atmosphere” during the day and may go to off-campus meetings and activities during the evenings and on weekends that includes attendance at self-help meetings, visits to a local health club and day trips to the shore on evenings and weekends};
  • Suggested clothing includes shoes, socks, gym shoes, sandals and/or slippers, comfortable shirts, pants, shorts and undergarments, gym clothing and bathing suit, pajamas/bathrobe appropriate “lounge” wear and a jacket or coat depending upon the season;
  • Personal hygiene items such as deodorant, toothbrush/toothpaste, shampoo & conditioner, hair styling products, comb/brush, make-up, feminine hygiene products, shaving cream, lotion and sunscreen.
  • Picture identification, insurance card, notebook, stamps, envelopes, reading materials and up to $50 for incidentals that will be kept by the staff.
  • Cell phones and/or laptops (although the use of them is restricted at times and there is an initial 30 day blackout where you cannot use your cell phone).
  • Prescribed medication in the original labeled bottles, with liquid medications new and sealed.
  • Cigarettes  are allowed; e-cigarettes, pipes, cigars and chewing tobacco are NOT.
  • Of course a resident is not allowed to have alcohol, illicit drugs, non-prescribed medications, over the counter medications, clothing with “drug-related” messages, pornography or weapons of any sort during one’s stay at BHA.