Next Chance: Farm House Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

Next Chance: Farm House is a certified sober living home for women in Forestdale, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. Operator Lana Atamian holds NARR Level II certification through the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing for the residence, which MASH lists at a capacity of nine women.

A Women's Sober House in Forestdale

Farm House is one of three entry-level recovery homes Lana Atamian runs for women on Cape Cod and in Wareham, and it sits in Forestdale, a village of the town of Sandwich. Nine women live there at a time, making it the smallest of the operator's three certified entry-level houses.

What MASH Certification Establishes

Certification through the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing commits the operator to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, and a relapse and discharge policy a resident can read in advance. It also opens Farm House to a complaint process outside the operator itself.

An Entry-Level House With a Path Forward

Farm House is designed as an entry point. Women who build sustained sobriety there can move on to the operator's graduate-level housing once they are ready for less structure, giving residents somewhere to go next inside an organization that already knows them.

Weekly Accountability and a Custom Phone Application

Lana Atamian runs weekly accountability groups and house meetings across her entry-level homes, along with ongoing 12-step engagement and a custom phone application built for residents. In-house peer leaders support day-to-day life at the house alongside those structured check-ins.

Recovery Housing on Cape Cod

Forestdale sits in Barnstable County, within the town of Sandwich near the Cape Cod Canal, giving Farm House residents access to the Upper Cape's outpatient providers and courts without needing to travel deep into the Cape's more seasonal, tourist-dependent towns.