About this Sober House
Askia Academy at Dimock is a Massachusetts men's sober living home on Dimock Street in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, in Suffolk County. It is a residential recovery program run by The Dimock Center, a comprehensive community health center that has served Roxbury for well over a century.
A Men's Residential Recovery Program in Roxbury
Askia Academy houses men working toward self-sufficiency and ongoing recovery, inside a structured community setting rather than a loosely supervised sober home. Dimock Street sits within The Dimock Center's Roxbury campus, close to the neighborhood's outpatient clinics, courts and the transit lines that connect Roxbury to the rest of Boston.
Treatment Built Into the Housing
The program combines daily individual and group counseling with specific treatment approaches, including anger management, brief intervention, cognitive behavioral therapy, contingency management and motivational interviewing. Residents also get job preparation support, educational and vocational referrals, and peer-to-peer mentoring, so the housing functions alongside an active treatment plan rather than in place of one.
Family Stabilization as Part of the Program
Askia Academy includes family stabilization work as one of its stated services, which acknowledges that a man's recovery often depends on repairing relationships damaged by active addiction, not just on staying substance-free himself. That focus is less common in sober housing generally and reflects the program's roots inside a full-service community health center.
The Dimock Center's Role in Roxbury
The Dimock Center runs Askia Academy as one program within a much larger operation that includes behavioral health, primary care, early education and family support services. That scale means a resident moving through Askia Academy is connected to an organization capable of handling needs well beyond housing, from a walk-in clinic to help with education and job placement.
Massachusetts Certification and This Program
Askia Academy is not listed as certified through the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing, the state's NARR affiliate, which certifies peer-run sober homes rather than programs tied to a licensed community health center. The Dimock Center operates under its own clinical licensing rather than MASH's voluntary framework.
Who Askia Academy Serves
The program suits men who need structured programming and counseling built into their housing, rather than residents ready for a lighter-touch, peer-run setting. The Dimock Center's presence throughout Roxbury means many residents arrive already connected to the center's other services, and those who do not can be referred internally rather than sent elsewhere.
