The Briggs House Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

The Briggs House is a men's sober living home in The Plains, Ohio, certified by Ohio Recovery Housing and serving Athens County. It is certified at the Peer-Run level and houses five residents.

A Peer-Run Sober House in Athens County

Five beds keeps the household small, and the Peer-Run level means residents themselves carry more of the day-to-day structure than staff do, within the bounds certification still requires. Men live here under one set of rules written for a small group.

What Peer-Run Certification Still Requires of a Recovery Residence

Ohio Recovery Housing's certification, one list with the state registry since the start of 2026, obligates a published code of ethics, disclosed fees and house rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint process outside the house, regardless of level. Clinical care for residents at a Peer-Run house comes entirely from outside providers.

The Plains and Athens County Recovery Housing

The Plains sits just north of Athens, the county seat, and residents here reach the same Athens County courts, Ohio University-area medical providers and outpatient services as anyone living in Athens itself.

Applying to This Athens County Sober Living Home

The street address is not published, and placement runs through the operator, John W Clem Recovery House. Ask what the weekly fee covers, how the five beds are assigned, and how a complaint is escalated once it leaves the house.