Monroe House Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Monroe House is a women's recovery residence in Aurora, Colorado, in Arapahoe County, listed under Zen Mountain Sober Living, an operator running certified women's sober homes across the south and east Denver metropolitan area.

A Women's Recovery Home in Aurora

This is single-gender housing for women. Zen Mountain's model across its residences is a furnished house in a residential neighborhood, with shared common areas, a full kitchen and a yard, where residents keep the household running between them. Treatment, prescribers and meetings sit outside the house. What the address supplies is stability, other women working the same program, and a routine that holds up on the days motivation does not.

Certified Sober Living in Colorado

Colorado's recovery residences are certified by ORH-CO, the certifying body approved by the state Behavioral Health Administration and Colorado's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. Certification is issued residence by residence, and the operator behind Monroe House holds it on several of its addresses. Because House Bill 19-1009 ties state referrals and funding to that certification, anyone applying should ask which specific address a certificate covers. Certification is not the only mark of a sound house, and it is the one a resident can check against a public list.

Aurora Sober Houses and Arapahoe County Geography

Aurora is Colorado's third-largest city and spreads east and south from Denver. The Anschutz Medical Campus sits inside the city, RTD light rail runs the I-225 corridor toward both Denver and the Denver Tech Center, and Littleton, several miles southwest, is the seat of Arapahoe County. Entry-level employment is deep here, which is why so many women leaving treatment in the smaller communities on the eastern plains end up looking at Aurora recovery housing first.

What to Ask About This Aurora Recovery Residence

Applications for this house go to Zen Mountain Sober Living, which also places women in its other Aurora, Centennial and Denver Tech Center homes. The useful questions are concrete: whether this address is currently taking residents, what the monthly rate covers, whether a house manager lives on site, how bedrooms are assigned, whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted, and what the discharge policy says. A certified operator has to put those answers in writing.

LIVING SOBER IN SOBER LIVING We don't expect you to have your new living situation completely figured out by day two. Our staff, volunteers, and other residents will help you get settled and help you figure out the finer details of things you want to put into place to foster your sustained recovery. “Rome wasn't built in a day.” It was built over time, by a team. The family environment at Zen Mountain is very supportive. Everyone helps everyone else and there is nothing we can't accomplish together. THREE PHASE STRUCTURE Phase I Phase I lasts at least four to five weeks following admission. Only a House Manager or Staff can move Clients on to Phase II. To move onto the next phase of the Program, Clients are required to: - Attend a minimum of six recovery meetings/recovery activities per week for at least four weeks. We are all-pathway friendly and encourage a wide variety of meetings and other recovery support. - Find and start working with a recovery mentor of some kind (sponsor, recovery coach, life coach or spiritual leader). - Establish a fellowship home group that you attend at least once a week. - Build a regular productivity schedule. All Clients must be working, volunteering, attending school, participating in IOP, or any combination of those four at least 30 hours each week. - Inform the House Manager of all commitments, errands, and activities prior to leaving the house. - 9pm curfew seven days a week. Your House Manager may give you an extension if the request is reasonable and by advocating for yourself. - Adhere consistently to the expectations of the house. Phase II After satisfying all requirements above, Clients are given additional privileges. - Curfew moves to general curfew: 11: 30 p.m. (unless you are working) You may apply for extensions. - You may take up to a total of two overnights per week. - You may come and go as you please from the house. You will still be expected to sign in and out but will no longer have to clear your daily schedule with your House Manager. Phase III After a Client achieves one year of continuous abstinence, additional privileges may be given. PRICING & WHAT'S INCLUDED Most of the expenses of household living are included in your monthly fee except for food, clothing, and personal hygiene items. Here are some of the items that will be provided free of charge:​ - Wi-Fi - Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu - Wireless printer/scanner access - Desktop computer access/use - Water - Electricity & gas - Trash service - Pool access (at select locations) - Toilet paper & paper towels - Hand soap & dish soap - Dish-washing detergent - Bed linens, blankets, and pillows - Bath towel set - Laundry detergent - Cleaning supplies - Drug and Alcohol Monitoring