Dana House Coed Sober House

About this Sober House

Dana House is a sober living home in Mesa, Arizona, in Maricopa County, run by Transitional Living Communities on Dana Avenue in one of the city's older residential neighborhoods. The organization has operated peer-run recovery housing in the East Valley since the early 1990s, built on the idea that people further along in recovery are best positioned to support people just starting out.

A Sober Living Home on Dana Avenue

This sober house sits on a quiet residential stretch of Dana Avenue a few blocks off the Country Club Drive corridor, one of Mesa's main north-south arteries. That location puts grocery stores, bus service and the Fiesta District's retail and job base within a short trip, which matters for residents building a daily routine around work and meetings rather than a car they may not have yet.

How Transitional Living Communities Structures Recovery Housing

Every resident enters at the same starting point: two weeks of restricted movement, leaving the house only for 12-step meetings or a job search, and only with a peer who has already earned more freedom. Finding a sponsor, a home group and steady work moves a resident to Level One, which carries an 11 p.m. curfew on weekdays and midnight on weekends. Thirty days of compliance and no outstanding fees moves a resident to Level Two, where the curfew relaxes to midnight on weekdays and 3 a.m. on weekends, with periodic overnight and weekend passes. The system rewards time and follow-through rather than granting freedom on day one.

Who Transitional Living Communities Will House

The organization built its admission policy around the idea that ability to pay should not decide who gets housed. It accepts applicants regardless of financial means, including people living with HIV, and excludes only a short list: arsonists, sex offenders and anyone with active tuberculosis. That is a broader door than many sober living operators keep open.

Recovery Housing in Mesa and Maricopa County

Mesa is Arizona's third-largest city and a hub in its own right within Maricopa County, with Mesa Community College, a network of outpatient treatment providers and Valley Metro bus service all inside city limits. A resident at Dana House can reach a meeting, a class or a job interview without leaving Mesa, which keeps the East Valley's recovery population close to the services it actually uses.

Arizona's Licensing Framework for Sober Living Homes

Arizona requires sober living homes to hold a license from the Arizona Department of Health Services under state law, a credential separate from the voluntary certification the Arizona Recovery Housing Association grants to individual residences. The two records answer different questions, and a prospective resident or family checking out any Arizona sober home should know which one, if either, applies to the specific address.

Transitional Living Communities' Other Sober Homes

Dana House is one of several sober living homes Transitional Living Communities operates around the state. The organization also runs TLC Sober House on 11th Avenue in Phoenix's Sunnyslope neighborhood, AJ House on San Marcos Drive in Apache Junction, TLC Thurber House on Thurber Road in Tucson, and Recovery Casa Grande on East 2nd Street in Casa Grande. A resident who needs a different city or a different set of housemates can raise it with an organization that already knows them.

More On Our Sober House REQUIREMENTS:  Sober House Clients must:    ​​ -Complete a 12 week Big Book study.   -Attend 90 12-step meetings in 90 days.   Attend an 8-week relapse prevention class    Submit to a drug screen, upon demand, at their expense.   Attend 4 hours of in-house peer counseling each week.  WHO GETS IN:  TLC accepts any substance abuser who asks for help, whether they have money or not,  with a few exceptions. The program doesn't accept arsonists, sexual offenders - such as rapists or child molesters. Those with TB or active hepatitis, are not accepted. HIV positive applicants are accepted