About this Recovery House
Erik's House of Healing is a men's sober living home on Fish Hatchery Road in Estes Park, Colorado, in Larimer County. It is operated by Erik's House of Healing and is certified by Ohio Recovery Housing - Colorado.
A Men's Sober House on Fish Hatchery Road
This Estes Park residence sits on Fish Hatchery Road, west of the town's commercial core, in a setting shaped by the mountains surrounding it instead of by dense neighborhood streets. Estes Park's small scale means most of what a resident needs day to day, from groceries to outpatient appointments, sits within a short drive of the house.
A Focus on Integration Over Simply Overcoming
Erik's House of Healing frames its work around learning and practicing life skills instead of treating substance use as something to defeat and move past. The program's language centers on integration and adaptation, an approach that treats recovery as a skill someone builds and keeps building instead of a single event.
What Ohio Recovery Housing - Colorado Certification Establishes
Certification through Ohio Recovery Housing - Colorado, the state's NARR affiliate, requires the house to disclose its fees and rules before move-in, follow a published code of ethics, and remain subject to an outside complaint process. Colorado assigns no level to individual residences, so certification is the fact a family can actually confirm.
Recovery Housing in Larimer County
Estes Park sits in Larimer County, whose seat is Fort Collins, and functions as the gateway town to Rocky Mountain National Park. That setting draws residents who want distance from an urban recovery scene, though it also means outpatient specialists and larger treatment centers are a drive down the canyon in Fort Collins or Loveland.
Applying to Erik's House of Healing
Prospective residents can reach the program through its website contact form. Worth asking: what daily structure looks like, how the house's integration-based approach shows up in practice, and what the relapse and discharge policy covers, since a certified residence has to answer all three in writing.
HOUSE REQUIREMENTS
​At least 18 years old.
Male
60-Day minimum stay.
Random substance testing and as needed for suspicion substance testing.
Attend all weekly house meetings.
Attend a minimum of two TWELVE STEP meetings, or secular alternative such as SMART recovery meetings each week. Additionally, meet and communicate with a sponsor or alternative representative on a regular basis.
Participate in healing and life skill modules as requested.
​Maintain a full-time job or attend school full-time.
