About this Sober House
Harrison Street is a women's sober living home in Taunton, Massachusetts, in Bristol County. It carries NARR Level II certification through the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing and is operated by Journey House, which runs nine certified recovery homes across Taunton, Bridgewater and Middleborough. The house holds 21 residents.
A Women's Sober House on Harrison Street
This sober house in Taunton serves women in recovery, and the single-gender setup keeps bathrooms, house meetings and common space consistent for everyone living there. A resident house manager runs the property day to day, and Journey House holds every resident in the network to the same core expectations: three twelve-step meetings a week, a mandatory house meeting, a sponsor, and work toward something productive during the day, whether a job, a day program or steady volunteering.
What NARR Level II Sober Living Certification Establishes
The Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing certifies recovery residences that agree in writing to a code of ethics, disclose fees and rules before move-in, and accept outside review of complaints. Level II describes a peer-managed home with a house manager on site and clinical care handled by outside providers, which is the model Harrison Street runs. For a family comparing options from out of state, that certification record is what separates a certified sober house from a landlord renting rooms to people in early recovery.
Structure and the Weekly Rhythm at This Sober House
Journey House requires residents at Harrison Street to submit to urine testing twice a week, attend the house's daily mandatory meeting on top of three twelve-step meetings elsewhere, and stay active with a sponsor. Chores are shared across the house. That structure assumes residents move in with somewhere to be during the day, whether treatment, work or a program, and the daily meeting keeps the household accountable to each other in between.
Who This Taunton Sober House Serves
Journey House built this house for women completing residential treatment, coming from outpatient programs, leaving incarceration, or looking for an alternative to formal treatment altogether. The house embraces Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, and residents are expected to be active members of one of those programs while they live there.
Recovery Housing in Taunton, Bristol County
Journey House places its houses in quiet residential neighborhoods that are still close to shopping and public transportation, and Harrison Street fits that pattern. Taunton is the seat of Bristol County and the commercial center for a cluster of smaller South Coast towns, so residents can reach outpatient providers, court obligations and entry-level jobs without leaving the city.
Journey House Recovery Homes in Southeastern Massachusetts
Harrison Street is one of nine certified Journey House residences spread across Taunton, Bridgewater and Middleborough. The others include Prospect Street and Broadway Street, also in Taunton; Bedford Street, Springhill Avenue and the School Street house in Bridgewater; and Peirce Street in Middleborough. A resident who later needs a different set of housemates, or a lighter or heavier level of structure, can raise it with an operator that already knows her.
Journey House embraces the Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous philosophy of recovery and requires residents to be active members in those programs. This sober living space, or sober home, is a culture of sobriety in a community of peers battling addiction. Journey House provides social support for sobriety along with experiential learning, where residents learn strategies to succeed in recovery. They facilitate community networking with programs, counseling, and resources.
Each Journey House has a House Manager, who is someone who has demonstrated responsibility, integrity, and is in good standing with the community. Managers govern the house on a daily basis.
The goal of Journey House is to help people in every stage of their sobriety journey towards obtaining all the elements necessary for a major life transformation. The adherence to the house rules represents the foundation of responsible living within a community of support.
