About this Recovery House
Richardson Park Recovery Residence is a men's sober house in Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County. The ten bed home takes its name from the Richardson Park neighborhood, and it appears in Delaware's state treatment directory among the residences Impact Life runs with atTAcK addiction.
A Men's Recovery Home Named for the Richardson Park Neighborhood
Richardson Park is a compact working neighborhood on the southwestern edge of Wilmington, laid out in short blocks of modest homes around Maryland Avenue, with its own elementary school, a community action program and a Methodist church that have anchored the area for generations. It is walkable in a way much of suburban New Castle County is not. For a man in early recovery without a car, being able to reach a store, a bus stop and a meeting on foot is a practical advantage, and it is the kind of thing that keeps a routine intact through a bad week.
How Impact Life and atTAcK Addiction Run This Sober House
FSARR certifies this residence under Impact Life. The Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health files it under atTAcK addiction, the family founded organization that has driven overdose prevention work in New Castle County for years. Impact Life describes the two organizations as partners in recovery housing, which reconciles the records. A resident deals with Impact Life for admission and house business, and the advocacy network stands behind the address.
Ten Beds of Men's Recovery Housing
A ten bed men's house has enough people in it that structure has to be explicit. Chores, curfew, quiet hours and the weekly meeting are written down and applied the same way to everyone, and the mix of sobriety time in the household becomes an asset. The man who moved in last week watches how the man eight months ahead of him handles a rough day, which is the part of recovery housing that no clinical hour replaces.
Applying to This Wilmington Recovery Residence
Impact Life does not publish the street addresses of its recovery residences, and placement is arranged through the organization. There is no walk in. Applications go to admissions, which places men across the houses it runs in the Wilmington area according to what is open and what fits. Referrals also come from treatment providers, reentry programs and the courts.
What Certification Establishes for a Delaware Sober House
Delaware issues no license for recovery residences, so certification by FSARR, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, carries the public record on its own. A certified house publishes a code of ethics, discloses fees and rules in writing before move in, keeps a written relapse and discharge policy, and submits to an external complaint process. When a family is trying to judge a sober house from a distance, that list is what they can actually verify.
