Butterfly House Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

Butterfly House is a certified women's sober house on Union Avenue in Laconia, New Hampshire, in Belknap County.

A Women's Sober House on Union Avenue

This sober house in Laconia serves women only, holding bathrooms, meetings and shared living space to one gender for every resident in the building. Union Avenue is one of Laconia's main corridors, connecting the house to downtown and to the lake district that gives the surrounding region its name.

What NHPRR Certification Establishes

Butterfly House is certified through the New Hampshire Partnership for Recovery Residences, the sole state agency authorized under RSA 172-B to certify recovery housing. Certification requires the house to disclose its fees and rules in writing and to accept an outside complaint process, and it is what makes the house eligible for referrals through the state's Voluntary Recovery House Registry.

Recovery Housing in the Lakes Region

Laconia is the county seat of Belknap County and the commercial hub of New Hampshire's Lakes Region. Outpatient providers, the county courthouse and the area's largest employers are concentrated in the city, which makes Laconia the natural base for recovery housing serving the wider lakes district.

What to Ask Before Moving Into This Laconia Sober House

Applications go directly to Butterfly House. Certification obliges the house to answer a specific set of questions in writing: what the weekly fee covers, whether a house manager lives on site, how bedrooms are assigned, and what happens after a relapse.