Glen's House Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Glen's House is a men's sober house in Columbia, Missouri, in Boone County, operated by Fresh Start Sober Living Programs and accredited by the Missouri Coalition of Recovery Support Providers.

A Men's Sober Living Home in a Peer-Run Program

The organization behind this house was started by a person in long-term recovery and has been housing people in Columbia for about ten years. That shows up in how the houses run. Decisions are made by people who have lived in this kind of housing, and the expectations are the ones that actually hold a household together.

What Accreditation Requires of Missouri Recovery Homes

Accreditation through MCRSP commits a residence to a published code of ethics, to disclosing fees and house rules in writing before move-in, to keeping a written relapse and discharge policy, and to an external complaint process. Missouri requires none of it, so the roster is a list of operators who volunteered for oversight.

Recovery Support Services Attached to the Housing

Fresh Start distributes naloxone, helps residents obtain vital records and state identification, runs a clubhouse and social events, and operates peer respite beds. Those pieces exist because housing alone does not hold. A resident whose weekend has a plan and whose ID is in his pocket has fewer ways for a week to go wrong.

Sober Living in Boone County's Regional Hub

Columbia is the county seat and the largest city in mid-Missouri, with hospitals, courts, three colleges and a deep service-sector job market inside one transit network. That concentration is why so much of the region's recovery housing sits here and why a bed in this city is worth relocating for.

Reaching This Fresh Start Recovery Residence

The address is not published and applications go to the operator. Ask what is open, what the weekly cost is, whether the room is shared, the curfew, and whether the house accepts residents taking prescribed medication for opioid use disorder.