HELEN'S HOUSE Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Helen's House is a men's sober living home in Portsmouth, Ohio, certified by Ohio Recovery Housing and serving Scioto County. It is certified at the Managed level and holds five beds.

A Small Managed Sober House in Portsmouth

Five beds keeps the household small, and a small household is where new residents get known fast. Everyone shares one set of house rules and one meeting schedule, and there is no crowd to get lost in. The home is wheelchair accessible, which widens who can actually live there.

Managed-Level Certification for This Recovery Residence

Ohio Recovery Housing certifies residences at three levels, and Managed describes housing where peers manage daily life under staff oversight while clinical care stays with outside providers. Certification also requires a published code of ethics, fees and rules disclosed before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint process that runs outside the house. Ohio Recovery Housing maintains the standard.

Shawnee State University and Recovery Housing in Portsmouth

Portsmouth is the seat of Scioto County and home to Shawnee State University, which anchors a stretch of the city with classrooms, a library and campus health services open to the wider community. A resident enrolling part time or finishing a credential has that option inside the same city as the house, without a commute out of the county.

Applying to This Portsmouth Sober Living Home

The street address is not published, and placement runs through the operator, St. Helen's Homes. Ask what the weekly fee covers, whether staff are on site, how bedrooms get assigned, and how a complaint is handled if it needs to go past the house.