About this Sober House
Journey House is a women's sober living home on School Street in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County. It shares its name with the operator that runs it, Journey House, which certifies this address separately from its eight sibling recovery homes in Taunton, Bridgewater and Middleborough. The School Street house holds 20 residents and carries NARR Level II certification through the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing.
A Women's Sober House on School Street
This is one of two Bridgewater houses Journey House runs for women, and School Street is the larger of the two. Every resident answers to a live-in house manager, keeps to the same rules as everyone else in the house, and shares the daily chores that come with running a household of twenty.
What NARR Level II Sober Living Certification Means Here
The Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing certifies this address at NARR Level II, describing peer-managed housing with a house manager on site and clinical care delivered elsewhere by outside providers. Certification also means the house has agreed in writing to a code of ethics, discloses its fees and rules before move-in, and can be the subject of a complaint an outside body reviews.
Structure and Accountability at This Sober House
Journey House holds every resident to the same expectations: three twelve-step meetings a week, the house's own mandatory daily meeting, an active sponsor, urine testing twice a week, and daily work toward something productive. Residents are expected to stay active in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous for as long as they live there.
Who This Bridgewater Sober House Serves
Journey House built the School Street house for women completing residential treatment, coming out of an outpatient program, leaving incarceration, or looking for structure without going through formal treatment first.
Recovery Housing in Bridgewater, Plymouth County
Bridgewater sits in Plymouth County and keeps easy access to shopping and public transportation, which Journey House looks for in every location it places a house. Residents at School Street can reach outpatient care and daily obligations without needing a car.
One of Nine Journey House Recovery Homes
School Street is one of two women's houses in Bridgewater under the Journey House name, alongside a second address nearby. The operator runs seven more certified sober houses across Bridgewater, Taunton and Middleborough, giving a resident room to move if the fit at School Street turns out wrong.
Journey House embraces the Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous philosophy of recovery and requires residents to be active members in those programs. This sober living space, or sober home, is a culture of sobriety in a community of peers battling addiction. Journey House provides social support for sobriety along with experiential learning, where residents learn strategies to succeed in recovery. They facilitate community networking with programs, counseling, and resources.
Each Journey House has a House Manager, who is someone who has demonstrated responsibility, integrity, and is in good standing with the community. Managers govern the house on a daily basis.
The goal of Journey House is to help people in every stage of their sobriety journey towards obtaining all the elements necessary for a major life transformation. The adherence to the house rules represents the foundation of responsible living within a community of support.
