H.O.W. House Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

H.O.W. House is a women's sober living home in the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County, established in 2010.

A Women's Sober House Near Ashmont Station

H.O.W. House sits on a quiet dead-end street between the Lower Mills and Adams Village sections of Dorchester, steps from the Ashmont MBTA station. That proximity lets residents reach meetings, work and school anywhere in Boston and the surrounding area without a car, which the organization treats as a deliberate part of helping women rebuild independence.

A Structured, Twelve-Step Environment

The house requires residents to work, volunteer or attend school, and to actively participate in a twelve-step program while remaining abstinent. That structure gives women something to build a daily schedule around during the hours between house meetings.

Established in 2010

H.O.W. House has run as a women's sober house since 2010, giving it more than a decade of continuous operation in the same Dorchester neighborhood. That tenure has let the organization build relationships with local employers, twelve-step communities and outpatient providers that a newer house would still be establishing.

Dorchester and Suffolk County

Dorchester is Boston's largest neighborhood, and the Lower Mills and Adams Village area sits along the Neponset River at the city's southern edge, bordering Milton. Residents at H.O.W. House can reach the rest of Boston easily by train while living in one of the more residential, lower-density parts of the neighborhood.

Applying to H.O.W. House

Applications go through H.O.W. House directly. Because the program centers on work, school or volunteering alongside twelve-step participation, prospective residents should ask specifically how quickly they will need to secure daytime activity after moving in and how the house structures twelve-step attendance during the week.

The H.O.W. House is a privately owned and operated sober living home in Boston, MA that provides a structured environment in which women must work, volunteer or go to school, actively participate in a Twelve Step program, and continue to take steps in their recovery while remaining abstinent from all mood or mind-altering substances. Delivering structure through the principles of the Twelve Steps, a tremendous emphasis is placed on responsibility and accountability at the H.O.W. House encouraging independence and wellness in all aspects of life.