Perseverance Recovery House Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Perseverance Recovery House is a men's sober house on SW 30th Terrace in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in Broward County.

A Men's Sober House in Fort Lauderdale

SW 30th Terrace sits in one of Fort Lauderdale's residential neighborhoods away from the tourist corridor along the beach, the kind of quiet street most sober houses in South Florida favor over a more transient part of the city. Fort Lauderdale is the seat of Broward County, which puts the courts, the larger outpatient network and public transit within easy reach of nearly any address in the city.

Broward County's Concentrated Recovery Market

Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Hollywood and a handful of smaller Broward cities together form one of Florida's densest recovery housing markets, second only to Palm Beach County's southeast corridor. A man in a Fort Lauderdale sober house is rarely far from a meeting, an outpatient appointment or an entry-level job that keeps a recovery routine on track.

What Florida's Voluntary FARR Standard Establishes

The Florida Association of Recovery Residences is the only body Florida's Department of Children and Families has approved to certify recovery residences, and the process is voluntary. A certified house has agreed to a written code of ethics, disclosed fees and rules, and outside complaint review; a house that has not pursued certification is not automatically a lesser choice, just one where that particular check has not been made.

Questions to Ask Before Applying

Anyone weighing a Fort Lauderdale sober house should ask directly about the weekly cost and what it covers, whether a manager lives on site, the house's approach to relapse, and whether residents on medication for opioid use disorder are accepted. A certified Florida residence is required to have written answers ready for all four.