College House Men's Sober House

About this Sober House

College House is a men's sober living home in Phoenix, Arizona, in Maricopa County, operated by Freedom Sober Living and certified at Level 2 by the Arizona Recovery Housing Association.

A Men's Sober House on the West Side of Phoenix

Freedom Sober Living places this residence near 67th Avenue and Camelback Road, in the Maryvale district of west Phoenix. Recovery residence street addresses are not published in Arizona, so the block comes from the operator when a placement is made. Camelback Road is one of the city's principal east-west corridors and carries Valley Metro service the whole way into central Phoenix, and 67th Avenue connects north toward Glendale and south toward the Interstate 10 industrial corridor.

What Certification Requires of This Recovery Residence

Arizona's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences certifies houses one address at a time. A certified residence publishes a code of ethics, hands an applicant its fees and rules in writing before move-in, keeps a written relapse and discharge policy, and answers to a complaint process outside its own management. Level 2 describes the model in use here: peer housing with a manager living on site and clinical treatment obtained elsewhere.

Cost of a Week in This Phoenix Recovery Home

The published men's rate is $225 per week for a shared room, with a $35 discount for residents paying their own way, including laundry, WiFi and streaming.

Work, Transit and a West Phoenix Sober House

Maryvale and the surrounding west side hold a large share of the metro area's affordable housing and entry-level employment in retail, warehousing and food service. For someone in the first months of recovery, the ability to get to a shift on a bus is often the deciding factor in whether a job lasts. This corridor is one of the better parts of Phoenix for that, and Estrella Mountain and Glendale community colleges are both within reach.

Recovery Housing Across Maricopa County

Phoenix is the seat of Maricopa County and the largest city in Arizona, and the county holds most of the state's certified recovery housing. A resident placed on the west side still has the county courthouse, the state's densest run of outpatient providers and the community college district inside the same municipality, which is what makes a full year in one address realistic.