Mary Alice's House (Men) / Mary Alice's House (Women) Coed Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Mary Alice's House (Men) / Mary Alice's House (Women) is a sober living home in Lima, Ohio, in Allen County. The residence operates as a coed program built from two single-gender houses sharing one address, and it is certified by Ohio Recovery Housing at the Managed level. Eight beds are split across the men's and women's sides.

A Certified Sober Living Home on West Elm Street

The property sits on West Elm Street in Lima, within Allen County. Ohio Recovery Housing's Managed level applies to the household, meaning peer leadership works under staff oversight and a set daily structure.

Men's and Women's Sober Living Under One Roof

The program runs a men's house and a women's house under the Mary Alice's House name, and each side keeps its own residents, meetings and common space. Combining both sides at one address gives the operator eight beds total, and neither side mixes with the other for meetings or bathrooms.

What Managed Certification Requires of This Recovery Residence

Ohio Recovery Housing is the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, and its certification requires a published code of ethics, fees and rules disclosed before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint process outside the house. The Managed level here describes peer-run housing with a layer of staff oversight and structured expectations, while clinical care for residents comes from outside providers.

Recovery Housing in Lima and Allen County

Lima is the seat of Allen County and the largest city in the region, with St. Rita's Medical Center and Rhodes State College inside the city and county court functions nearby. A resident can reach medical care, community college coursework and county services without leaving Lima.

Applying to This Lima Sober House

Applications and intake questions go through the operator, Mary Alice House, Incorporated. Worth asking: which side has an open bed, what the weekly fee covers, and how the relapse and discharge policy works in practice.