About this Sober House
Carla Vista Sober Living runs a men's sober house on Carla Vista Place in Chandler, Arizona, in Maricopa County, on the same street the company took its name from when it opened its first home there in 2007. The house carries Level 2 certification from the Arizona Recovery Housing Association.
The Original Carla Vista Sober House
This sober house in Chandler is where Carla Vista Sober Living began, and it still runs the program the founders built: a live-in mentor system, weekly 12-step meetings, a house meeting on site, and a chore rotation shared across residents. Men move in expected to work, study or volunteer full time, and the house holds everyone to the same standard regardless of how long they have lived there.
What AzRHA Certification Establishes
Certification through the Arizona Recovery Housing Association, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, commits a house to a published code of ethics, disclosed fees and rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and outside review of complaints. Level 2 describes the model this house runs: peer-managed housing with structure and accountability built in, without clinical staff living on site. For a family comparing sober houses in the East Valley from out of state, that certification is a record they can check before anyone signs a lease.
Accountability Through Testing and Mentorship
Every resident is assigned a mentor who has completed the same program, and Carla Vista backs its house rules with drug and alcohol testing rather than a single-incident policy, increasing the frequency of screening for anyone showing signs of relapse. Residents already connected to an outside therapist, probation officer or aftercare provider have their progress reported back weekly, which keeps the house working alongside the rest of a resident's recovery plan instead of apart from it.
Recovery Housing in Chandler and Maricopa County
Chandler sits in the southeast corner of the Phoenix metro, inside Maricopa County alongside Mesa, Tempe and Gilbert, and that puts residents within reach of a large job market and a dense concentration of outpatient providers and 12-step meetings without leaving the county. For a certified sober house, that density matters as much as the certification itself.
Part of the Carla Vista Network
Carla Vista Sober Living operates a second men's house in Mesa, and a resident who later needs a different set of housemates or a shorter commute to a particular job can raise it with an operator that already knows him. Both houses run the same rules, the same mentor system and the same weekly rhythm.
More on our sober living
We feel so passionately about what we do because every single one of our staff is in recovery and has experienced sober living. We've been there. We've done that. You're unlikely to find a more dedicated or committed team of individuals. We're here to provide our sober house resident/alumni family, their families, and our partnering treatment community with exceptional care.
