About this Recovery House
Market Street Mission – Chestnut Street is a men's sober living home in Morristown, New Jersey, the seat of Morris County. It is a New Jersey Department of Community Affairs licensed Cooperative Sober Living Residence, operated by Market Street Mission, and it houses men who have completed the Mission's Life Change Recovery Program, a residential track built on twelve-step work, individual and group counseling, and job training.
A Men's Sober House on Chestnut Street
This sober house in Morristown serves men only, which keeps bathrooms, house meetings and common space single-gender and puts everyone living there under the same set of expectations. Chestnut Street sits within walking distance of downtown Morristown, and the town's rail line and bus service put a job, a meeting or an outpatient appointment within reach without a car, which matters for someone rebuilding a routine after residential treatment.
What a New Jersey Cooperative Sober Living Residence License Establishes
New Jersey has no certifying body for recovery residences, but it does require a license. Under N.J.A.C. 5:27, a house like this one must hold a license from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs as a Class F Cooperative Sober Living Residence before anyone can legally live there under a shared arrangement. That license means the state has reviewed the property, and it is the one credential every legitimate sober house in the state can point to, since no private certifier currently operates here.
From the Life Change Recovery Program to Chestnut Street
Market Street Mission runs its Life Change Recovery Program for men at its Market Street facility in Morristown, and graduates who need somewhere to live afterward can apply for one of the Mission's sober houses. The program combines twelve-step work with individual and group counseling and job training, so a man arriving at Chestnut Street has already spent months building the habits the house is meant to reinforce: steady routine, accountability to peers, and a plan for work.
Recovery Housing in Morristown and Morris County
Morristown is the seat of Morris County and the county's commercial and government center, which means courts, county services and a working rail line into Newark and New York all sit inside town limits. That combination makes Morristown a natural landing spot for recovery housing: residents can hold a job, meet a probation obligation or get to a meeting without leaving the county.
Market Street Mission's Other Morristown Sober House
Chestnut Street is one of two sober houses Market Street Mission operates in Morristown. The other sits on Lincoln Street, also housing men completing the Life Change Recovery Program. A resident may end up at either address depending on where a bed is open, under the same program and the same expectations.
What to Ask Before Moving Into This Morristown Sober House
Anyone considering Chestnut Street should ask Market Street Mission directly about program length, house rules and what happens after a relapse. A Class F license requires the operator to be able to answer those questions plainly, and the Mission's program staff in Morristown are the point of contact for both the recovery program and the housing that follows it.
