Heart Mind Haven - Sanctuary Coed Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Heart Mind Haven – Sanctuary is a sober living home on South Nelson Way in Lakewood, Colorado, in Jefferson County, serving people of all genders in the LGBTQ+ community.

An LGBTQ+ Recovery Home on South Nelson Way

The Sanctuary location sits in a residential Lakewood neighborhood near the foothills and open space west of Denver. Heart Mind Haven runs the house for adults eighteen and older across the gender spectrum, continuing the trans-led model founder Maree McRae built at the organization's Denver location.

Housing That Adjusts to the Length of Stay Needed

Residents can stay on a weekly basis, short-term, or long-term, and the house does not force everyone onto the same discharge schedule. That flexibility answers a real pattern in LGBTQ+ recovery: housing instability that predates and outlasts active addiction, and a fixed thirty- or ninety-day program does not always fit it.

Support for Medication-Assisted Treatment

Heart Mind Haven accepts residents on medication for opioid use disorder, keeping a resident's prescribed treatment plan intact instead of making sober housing conditional on stopping it.

Certification Through Ohio Recovery Housing – Colorado

Certification through Ohio Recovery Housing – Colorado is not mandatory for a Colorado sober living home, and it matters most for residences that take state referrals or funding. Where an operator holds it, certification commits the house to a published code of ethics and an outside complaint process.

Recovery Housing in Jefferson County

Lakewood is the seat of Jefferson County and sits directly west of Denver, giving residents access to two counties' worth of outpatient providers, transit and services without a long commute. That position, on the edge of the metro area but still inside it, is part of why Heart Mind Haven chose it for a second location.

Two LGBTQ+ Recovery Homes in the Denver Metro

Sanctuary is paired with Heart Mind Haven – Harrison in Denver, giving the organization coverage on both sides of the metro area under one trans-led model and one set of expectations.