About this Sober House
Spurgeon House is a coed sober living home in Monroe, Louisiana, the seat of Ouachita Parish. Sober Nest Recovery Homes operates it, and it is the organization's residence on the east bank of the Ouachita River.
A Coed Sober House in Monroe
Men and women live here together under one house standard. Being in Monroe itself puts residents in the parish seat, which is where the appointments are: the district courthouse, the hospitals, the outpatient providers and the University of Louisiana at Monroe all sit inside the city. Sober Nest does not publish separate street addresses for its houses, so an applicant works through the organization and learns the address when a bed is offered.
Sober Nest Recovery Homes Across the Ouachita River
Most of the nonprofit's housing sits in West Monroe. Spurgeon House gives it an address on the Monroe side, and for some residents that single fact decides the placement. A person on probation with a Monroe reporting requirement, or someone attending an intensive outpatient program in the city, saves a river crossing twice a day. Sober Nest has operated in both cities since 2004 and can usually place an applicant on whichever bank suits their obligations.
The Recovery Program Behind This Sober Living Home
The house is twelve step based. Residents work Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous or Celebrate Recovery and are expected to hold a program, keep a schedule and carry their share of the household. Sober Nest is a Louisiana nonprofit corporation with a state charity charter, and the model it describes is recovery in an ordinary house among people doing the same work.
Monroe as a Hub for Northeast Louisiana Recovery Housing
Monroe anchors a region far larger than the city. Richland, Morehouse, Union, Franklin and Caldwell parishes send people here for medical care, court dates and jobs, and recovery housing in northeast Louisiana concentrates in Monroe and West Monroe for the same reason. Interstate 20 runs straight through, which matters for a resident whose family is three parishes away and whose treatment program is not.
What to Confirm About This Monroe Recovery Residence
Louisiana has no recovery residence license and no state list, so an applicant's leverage is what the operator will put in writing. Confirm the weekly fee and what it covers, the room configuration, whether anyone is on site overnight, how relapse is handled, and whether prescribed medication for opioid use disorder is accepted. Certification through the Louisiana Association of Recovery Residences is voluntary here, and it is worth asking about directly.
The Spurgeon House
-Capacity: 10
-Next to University of Louisiana Monroe
-Five two-person rooms
-Walking distance to several meetings
