About this Sober House
Ella House is a women's sober living home on High Street in Middletown, Connecticut, the seat of Middlesex County. Wings of Hope Recovery operates it as the newest of its women's residences, and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services lists the house among the state's supported recovery housing programs.
A Women's Sober House on High Street
High Street runs along the ridge above downtown Middletown, a few blocks from the Main Street corridor and the Connecticut River. For a woman leaving treatment, that placement answers the practical question first: work, meetings, a pharmacy and a bus stop are reachable on foot, and Middletown Area Transit covers the rest of the city. The house serves women only, which settles bathrooms, common space and house meetings before anyone moves in, and means one set of expectations covers everyone living there.
What the DMHAS Listing Establishes for This Recovery Home
Connecticut publishes availability for supported recovery housing through DMHAS, and Ella House carries a program record there. That record is a service listing. It establishes that the state recognizes the program as recovery housing and routes people into it through the same system treatment providers and recovery navigators use. Recovery residence certification is a separate matter, granted by the Connecticut Alliance of Recovery Residences, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences. A woman comparing sober homes in Middlesex County should ask each one which of the two records it holds. Both are checkable.
Fees at This Middletown Sober Living Home
Wings of Hope Recovery publishes its costs, which is the single most useful thing an operator can do for someone planning a move. Admission carries a $300 non-refundable move-in fee. The weekly membership fee runs from $175 to $215, due every Sunday. Scholarships and financial aid are reviewed case by case. Knowing the number in advance is what lets a woman work out whether a first paycheck covers the house.
Structure Inside a Wings of Hope Sober House
Residents move through phases, and the phase sets the curfew and the overnight rules. During the early phase, additional AA and NA meetings are required each week. Everyone attends the weekly house meeting and carries assigned chores. Residents able to work are expected to look for and keep a job, and the operator helps with placement. Wings of Hope Recovery is clear that it holds no license to provide substance use disorder treatment. The housing is voluntary peer housing, and residents keep their own prescribers, counselors and outpatient programs.
Recovery Housing in Middletown and Middlesex County
Middletown is the county seat and the largest city in Middlesex County, and it holds nearly everything a resident needs inside one municipal boundary. Middlesex Health runs the main hospital. The Superior Court sits on Court Street. Middlesex Community College and Wesleyan University are both in the city, and Connecticut Valley Hospital occupies the bluff on the south side. Route 9 puts Hartford and New Haven within reach by car. Someone leaving treatment in one of the small river towns nearby usually finds Middletown recovery housing is the nearest address within reach of a court date, an appointment and a job.
Wings of Hope Recovery Sober Homes Near Ella House
The operator runs several sober living homes in Middletown and one in Newington, in Hartford County. Men apply to the Middletown men's houses. Women apply to Ella House, to the operator's other Middletown women's residence, or to the Newington home. A resident who later needs a different set of housemates or a different level of structure can raise it with people who already know her, and the fee schedule and expectations follow her to the next address.
