Baker Street II Men's Sober House

About this Sober House

12 Baker Street is a men's sober house in Lynn, Massachusetts, in Essex County. Chelsea's House operates the property, and it carries Level II certification from the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing.

A Men's Sober Living Home on Baker Street

Chelsea's House runs two separate houses on Baker Street, at numbers 12 and 16, a few doors apart, and lists them as distinct addresses rather than one combined house. This one serves men, and residents share bedrooms across the house, which keeps costs down and puts everyone within earshot of a house manager during the hours structure matters most. Lynn's downtown, its commuter rail stop and its MBTA bus network all sit within a short distance, so daily errands and outpatient appointments do not depend on a car.

Two Baker Street Houses, One Set of Rules

Because Chelsea's House operates both Baker Street addresses, the same house rules apply at each: a weekly house meeting, three outside recovery meetings, twice-weekly random drug testing and a nightly curfew with no overnight guests. A resident who needs to move from one Baker Street house to the other, for space or for a change of housemates, stays inside a system that already has his file.

Level II Certification in Lynn

The Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing certifies this house at Level II, which commits the operator to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and rules, and an outside complaint process. Lynn has a mix of certified sober houses and unregulated rooming arrangements, and certification is the one thing a prospective resident or family can verify before signing anything.

Part of the Chelsea's House Network

Twelve Chelsea's House properties operate across Lynn, East Boston, Chelsea and Malden, all under a name that traces back to Robert Hinckley, known in the local recovery community as "Chelsea Bob." A man who starts at 12 Baker Street and later wants a different city has other Chelsea's House men's houses to ask about without switching operators.

Essex County Recovery Housing

Lynn is Essex County's largest city and its commercial and transit hub, with an MBTA commuter rail line into Boston and bus service running through the neighborhood around Baker Street. That combination of density and transit access is a big part of why Essex County recovery housing concentrates here rather than in the county's smaller towns.