Spring Street Sober Living Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

Spring Street Sober Living is a women's sober living home on Spring Street in Athol, Massachusetts, in Worcester County. It is certified by the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing and holds nine residents.

A Women's Sober House on Spring Street

The house serves women only, which keeps bathrooms, common space and house meetings single-gender and holds everyone to one set of rules. Athol is a small town along the Millers River in the northern part of Worcester County, well removed from the county's larger cities.

What MASH Certification Establishes

Certification by the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing commits the house to a published code of ethics, disclosed fees and rules before move-in, and a complaint process outside the house itself. It is also what has let Massachusetts state agencies and courts refer residents here directly since 2016.

A Certified Option in a Smaller Town

Certified recovery housing is concentrated in Massachusetts's larger cities, so a certified sober house in a town the size of Athol gives women in the surrounding area a documented option without a long drive to Worcester or Fitchburg.

Worcester County

Worcester County stretches from the city of Worcester in the south to rural towns like Athol in the north, and Spring Street sits well inside that northern stretch. The county's size means recovery housing options vary widely depending on which end of it a resident is in.