About this Sober House
Mark Perry House is a coed recovery residence in Augusta, Maine, in Kennebec County, operated by an operator certified by the Maine Association of Recovery Residences. It is one of the houses run by Zysk Recovery Partners, an organization that operates recovery housing across central and southern Maine and delivers its own outpatient treatment from offices in Augusta and Portland.
A Coed Sober House Under a Certified Maine Operator
Most recovery housing in Maine is single-gender, so a house that takes both men and women is a deliberate choice and it changes the character of the place. The operator runs its residences as housing. Structure, peer accountability and a stable address come from the house, and clinical care is delivered elsewhere by people whose job it is. That separation is what keeps a residence a home instead of a facility, and it means the day is not organized around a program on the premises.
Certified Recovery Housing and What Certification Requires
MARR is the state affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, and it certifies residence by residence instead of certifying a company wholesale. Certification commits a residence to an accountable organization behind the house, written policies and procedures, administrative oversight, and programming built around life skills. Certification also binds the house to a code of ethics, to disclosing fees and rules in writing, and to an outside complaint process. Certification in Maine is voluntary, which is why the presence of a MARR row is one of the few externally verifiable facts on any listing in this state.
Outpatient Treatment and Sober Living in One Organization
Zysk Recovery Partners publishes a service list that runs from outpatient and intensive outpatient care through co-occurring treatment, aftercare and relapse prevention, with clinical offices in Augusta and Portland. Residents are required to be in substance use disorder treatment, and the organization states that treatment options are not exclusive to it, except inside its own residential treatment program. A resident owes the house engagement in care and keeps the freedom to choose who provides it, which is a healthier arrangement than the alternative and not one every housing-plus-treatment provider offers.
Admissions and the First Month in This Recovery Home
Admissions are handled by the organization, which schedules intake appointments, so the front door here is more formal than the one at an independent Maine sober house. Two published conditions apply from the day of arrival: personal cellular devices are not accessible during the first thirty days of residency, and a resident must pass a urine screen on arrival for official admission. Residents take part in assigned chores and are expected to manage basic personal hygiene independently. Anyone considering the house should read those conditions before the intake appointment, because they are specific and they start immediately.
Central Maine Recovery Housing in Kennebec County
Augusta is both the state capital and the seat of Kennebec County, and that concentration is the practical argument for a recovery home here. State agencies and MaineGeneral Medical Center are among the region's largest employers, the Capital Judicial Center handles county court business, Riverview Psychiatric Center and a range of outpatient providers sit inside the city, and the University of Maine at Augusta offers a route back into school. Someone rebuilding a routine can meet a court date, keep a clinical appointment and start a job without leaving the county. Central Maine is a driving landscape, and Kennebec Explorer bus service covers part of the gap between Augusta and Waterville.
Reaching the Operator Behind This Recovery Home
The organization does not publish a street address for the house, and placement is arranged through its admissions staff. Questions at the house level are the ones to press: who is on site and at what hours, how long residents typically stay, how a relapse is handled, whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted, and how the treatment requirement fits a work schedule. A certified residence has to answer the first four in writing before anyone signs.
