Opal House 1 Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Opal House 1 is a certified women's sober living home in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It is operated by Opal Recovery Home, a women's recovery residence provider that runs a network of houses across the Tampa Bay area, and it follows the same twelve-step foundation as its sister properties.

A Women's Sober Living Home in Tampa

Opal House 1 serves women only, and that single-gender structure shapes daily life in the house: shared bathrooms, common areas and house meetings all stay within one population, and residents move through recovery alongside people navigating the same stage of early sobriety. The home follows a twelve-step model, so the daily rhythm centers on meetings, sponsorship and step work. Any clinical treatment a resident needs comes from outside providers.

What Florida Sober Living Certification Establishes

Florida certifies recovery residences through the Florida Association of Recovery Residences, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences and the only credentialing body the Florida Department of Children and Families recognizes for this type of housing. Certification is voluntary, and a residence that holds it commits to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, and a complaint process that reaches beyond the house itself. That record is worth confirming directly with the operator before applying to Opal House 1.

Part of a Tampa Bay Recovery Housing Network

Opal House 1 is one of several women's houses Opal Recovery Home operates around Tampa Bay, overseen by a masters-level clinician and certified addiction professional. That clinical background informs how the organization is run, though residents keep their own outside treatment and meetings, and the operator's role is to keep the house structured, staffed and consistent with its sister properties.

Recovery Housing Across Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco Counties

Opal Recovery Home describes its service area as Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, which places Opal House 1 inside one of the largest recovery communities on Florida's Gulf Coast. Tampa's treatment centers, outpatient providers and twelve-step meetings sit within a short drive of the house, and the surrounding Tampa Bay area gives residents access to entry-level work and public transit without leaving the region.

More About The Sober House. We believe accountability is a powerful tool in motivating us to make permanent changes in our daily lives. Holding ourselves accountable and setting realistic daily goals in early recovery is essential to building a life free from addiction. Creating positive and fulfilling daily habits in a safe, homelike environment allows our women to develop new responses to the everyday situations that were previous triggers to substance abuse and relapse. We believe that by creating a fellowship of women with a common goal to beat addiction each member is inherently stronger than they were independently. We encourage our members to rely on sponsorship and a sober support system to help with the trials and tribulations of everyday life.