Murphy's House Gold Coast Men's Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

Murphy's House Gold Coast is a men's sober house at 1110 North 31st Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, in Douglas County. It is one of four three-quarter recovery homes run by Murphy's Turning Point, which builds its houses around relapse prevention for men who already hold some sobriety.

A Men's Sober House in Omaha's Gold Coast

North 31st Avenue runs through the Gold Coast historic district, a dense midtown neighborhood of older homes north of Farnam Street and a short distance from the medical center. The address is within two blocks of a bus stop, which is true of every house this operator runs. For a man rebuilding a work routine without a vehicle, that single fact settles more than the square footage does.

Who This Omaha Recovery Home Takes

Residents are men aged 18 and over who have been clean and sober for at least 30 days at the point of interview. The minimum stay is 90 days. Registered sex offenders are not accepted. The fee is $105 a week, the same as at every other address the operator runs.

What a Three-Quarter Sober House Means Here

The 30-day entry requirement is what separates this from a halfway house. Someone arriving has already cleared the first stretch, and the house is built to keep it rather than to start it. The structure comes from peers, a shared address and a house manager reachable seven days a week. Clinical care, where a resident needs it, comes from outpatient providers elsewhere in Omaha.

Recovery Housing in Douglas County Without State Certification

Nebraska has no recovery residence certification scheme and no state affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, so there is no list against which this house can be checked. The published entry rules, the flat weekly rate and the minimum stay are the things a resident or a referral source can hold the operator to. Anyone applying should also ask which of the four houses has a bed open and how the 90-day minimum is handled if work takes someone out of the city.