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About this Sober House

6 Sears Street is a women's sober house in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in Bristol County.

A Women's Sober House on Sears Street

This sober house serves women in recovery on Sears Street, a residential corridor in New Bedford that carries more than one recovery home along it. New Bedford is a working waterfront city and the seat of Bristol County, with services, courts and outpatient providers concentrated close to the downtown and harbor area.

Getting Around From a New Bedford Sober House

New Bedford's SRTA bus network connects residential neighborhoods like the Sears Street area to downtown and to outpatient providers across the city, which matters for a resident managing appointments and work without a car.

Recovery Housing in Bristol County

As the county seat, New Bedford concentrates most of Bristol County's treatment and recovery resources, and Sears Street sits within reach of the city's downtown services. That makes a New Bedford sober house a practical option for women from smaller towns across the county as well as the city itself.

What to Ask Before Moving Into This New Bedford Sober House

Applications go directly to the operator. Worth asking whether a bed is currently open, what the weekly fee covers, whether a house manager lives on site, and how the house handles a relapse or an early departure. A recovery residence should have written answers to all four before anyone signs on.