Empowerment House Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Empowerment House is a men's sober house in Aurora, Colorado, in Arapahoe County, certified in the state directory and operated by Aurora Sober Living, which runs recovery homes for men and women across the city.

Peer Accountability in a Men's Sober House

What makes a sober house work is rarely the rulebook. It is the men in the other bedrooms noticing a change in someone before a staff member would. Shared living space, house chores and a common set of expectations put residents in each other's path daily, which is why single-gender housing with a real household beats an apartment with a curfew. The operator supplies a furnished, maintained house and offers recovery coaching as a separate service in Aurora.

A Phased Network of Recovery Homes

This is one address among the operator's eight men's residences, and the network is phased. A man entering at the most structured level moves toward houses that assume more of him as he holds a routine. Applications are handled by the operator across all of its addresses.

Certified Sober Living in Colorado

Certification is held through ORH-CO, the certifying body approved by the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration and the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. A certified residence discloses fees and house rules in writing before move-in, keeps a written relapse and discharge policy, follows a published code of ethics, and answers complaints handled outside the house. House Bill 19-1009 ties state referrals and funding to that certification.

Medication and Programming in This Recovery Residence

Medication-assisted treatment is supported across this operator's houses, rent subsidy is listed as available, and programming is not faith-based. Family housing is not part of the model.

Aurora Recovery Housing in Arapahoe County

Aurora is the third-largest city in Colorado, holding the eastern half of the Denver metro. Health employment concentrates at the Anschutz Medical Campus, warehouse and logistics work sits on the city's eastern edge, and RTD light rail runs the I-225 corridor. Littleton is the Arapahoe County seat. A man who needs to be at a job, a meeting and an appointment in the same week can do all three on transit from an Aurora address.