Hearthstone Men's Recovery Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Hearthstone Men's Recovery is a men's sober living home at 745 Ohio Street in Lawrence, Kansas, in Douglas County. Six men in recovery founded the organization in 1982 to give other men the same chance they had, and the house today still runs on the peer structure they built: residents manage the household themselves, with no live-in staff.

A Men's Sober House on Ohio Street

Hearthstone houses up to ten men at a time in a residential section of Lawrence, and every resident is expected to hold down employment while living there. The weekly cost is $160 total, split between $120 in rent and a $50 food fund that residents themselves administer, and no upfront payment is required before move-in. Ohio Street sits within walking distance of multiple 12-step meetings, which matters for a program built around mandatory step-work attendance.

Peer-Managed Structure Since 1982

Hearthstone has run continuously since 1982 as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded by resident rent and outside contributions, with a board of directors that includes former residents but does not live on site. That peer-managed model, run by men who have lived the same recovery, is the organization's defining feature and has not changed in more than four decades.

Employment and the Path Through Hearthstone

Residents are required to secure self-supporting employment during their stay, and residents themselves manage the food fund. That combination puts financial responsibility back on each resident quickly, which is the point: Hearthstone is built for men ready to work, not for a longer period of clinical stabilization.

Recovery Housing in Lawrence and Douglas County

Lawrence is the seat of Douglas County and home to the University of Kansas, which keeps the local job market, transit and 12-step meeting schedule dense enough to support a program that expects residents to work from day one. Hearthstone's Ohio Street location sits inside that network of meetings and services.

An Independent Kansas Recovery Program

Hearthstone operates with no organizational affiliations, funded entirely by resident rent and private contributions, with no parent organization or treatment provider behind it. That independence is also part of why the house has no certifying body to point to: Kansas has no statewide certifying body for recovery residences, and Hearthstone's four decades of continuous operation are the record a prospective resident actually has to check.