A sobering center would be a voluntary recovery option, which means patients can come and go. They can stay for just a few hours or up to 23.

The 26-bed sobering center is meant to divert people from emergency rooms and the jail. Usually, people stay for about 12 hours. Some people are dropped off and others walk in off the street.

Months after her stay at the sobering center, the 32-year-old hit her "grace of God" moment. She called her recovery coach at the sobering center and asked for help. Then, she came back.

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The sobering center is meant to be a permanent location and the county is hoping to purchase a building or sign a long-term lease for it. "The county needs to provide both those services.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s Sobering Center will be converted into a quarantine shelter for the homeless, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, county commissioners unanimously approved the change.

The center’s website, which went live Monday at www.soberingcenter.org, states that people are booked into jail in Travis County for public intoxication more than 2,000 times a year.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s Sobering Center has only been open for six months, and for the next several days it will be put to the test with South By Southwest.