About this Recovery Home
Oxford House Briarwood — Sober Living in Granite City, Illinois
Oxford House Briarwood is a drug- and alcohol-free shared home for men in Granite City, Illinois. It is listed with room for 8 residents and 1 reported opening. Madison County is the surrounding county.
Address, capacity and contact for Oxford House Briarwood
- Address: 2226 State Street, Granite City, IL 62040
- County: Madison
- Resident group: men
- Reported capacity: 8 residents
- Reported vacancies: 1 reported opening
- Interview schedule: Sunday at 7:00pm
- Contact: Contact Paul at (618) 802-8868
- House phone: (618) 219-2202
- Map: View the reported location
At 8 beds it is smaller than most of the 131 Oxford Houses listed in Illinois. The last report put 7 of those 8 beds in use, leaving 1 reported opening. Interview times are listed as Sunday at 7:00pm. Contact Paul at (618) 802-8868 to confirm the opening, the interview time and what is needed to move in.
What a bed costs in Illinois, and what help exists
Typical sober living in Illinois costs around $170 a week. Because Oxford House members share the home's real expenses instead of paying rent, this house's share may sit above or below that; only the residents can say. For scale, renting privately in Illinois has a median gross rent of $1,274 a month. Where paying the share is not possible, state-funded help such as IDHS/SUPR Recovery Home contracts and CORS and WARM settlement peer-support grants is the usual route. Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention an administers that funding at state level.
How Oxford House membership works
Oxford Houses are self-governing households, self-funding and required to stay substance-free. New members are chosen by the members themselves, so the opening shown here is a past report rather than an offer.
How recovery housing is regulated in Illinois
A state licence is required in Illinois only in particular circumstances; most peer-run homes are not caught by it. Illinois Association of Extended Care (IAEC), the state's NARR affiliate, offers voluntary certification. Oxford House charters its own homes, so an Oxford House is usually not on a state affiliate's certified register. The state's list of certified residences is published here. The federal Fair Housing Act applies, as does Illinois Fair Housing Law (Human Rights Act) (775 Illinois Compiled Statutes Section 5/3-102).
Other sober living options near Granite City, IL
The closest other Oxford Houses in this directory are Oxford House Lee in Granite City, about 0.2 miles away; Oxford House Lilly Pad in Granite City, about 0.2 miles away; Oxford House Ernest in Granite City, about 0.4 miles away — straight-line distances, not driving routes. This directory lists 11 in Granite City, 20 across Madison County, 131 in Illinois. Browse recovery housing in Granite City or sober living across Illinois.
Availability was last reported 08/31/2026. An opening shown here may already be filled. Confirm with the current members before acting on this.
Oxford House Briarwood -Granite City, Illinois
Oxford House is a publicly supported, non-profit network connecting all Oxford House recovery homes or sober houses. Oxford House sober living is a concept in recovery for a democratically run, self-supporting and drug free home. Homes range from six to fifteen; there is sober living for men, sober houses for women, and some recovery homes for women with children. Read more about Oxford House and the Sober House Directory.
Oxford House Briarwood -Granite City, Illinois, offers sober living typically with very reasonable cost and promoting resident recovery through a peer-supported model run by the men and women in the sober house. Established in 1975 and continuing to this day, Oxford House boasts over 2,000 homes and growing across the globe.
The Sober House Business
Oxford House offers a platform for peer-lead recovery homes. If you are interested in opening a sober house as a business venture, get in touch with Vanderburgh Communities for more information.
