New Chapter Living Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

New Chapter Living is a women's sober living home on Broadway in Stoneham, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It is certified by the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing and holds 17 residents.

A Women's Sober House on Broadway

The house serves women only, and that single restriction settles a lot of the practical questions a shared home raises: bathrooms, common areas and house meetings are single-gender, and one set of rules applies to everyone living there. Broadway runs through one of Stoneham's main commercial and residential corridors, within walking distance of the town center.

What MASH Certification Establishes

Certification by the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing commits the house to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, and a complaint process that runs outside the house. Since 2016, it is also what has let Massachusetts state agencies and parole or probation officers refer someone directly here rather than to an uncertified address.

A House of Seventeen

Seventeen residents is a substantial household, which generally means more shared bedrooms and common space but also a wider bench of peers at different points in recovery to lean on. A house this size depends on consistent rules and a manager who knows the residents, which is what certification obliges New Chapter Living to put in writing.

Stoneham and Middlesex County

Stoneham sits in Middlesex County a few miles north of Boston, close to Interstate 93 and the MBTA's Orange Line terminus in Malden. That gives residents of the Broadway house practical access to Boston's hospitals, outpatient treatment providers and job market without the density or cost of the city itself.