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 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.

Asking the Right Questions

With seventeen residents sharing a home, details matter. Ask for the fees, house rules, relapse policy and drug testing practices in writing, find out whether a manager is on site, and learn how a resident can raise a complaint outside the house.

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 why a prospective resident should ask for the rules 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.