VG's House Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

VG's House is a men's sober living home in Youngstown, Ohio, in Mahoning County. Broadway Recovery Services operates it as one of six men's houses in a portfolio that also includes four women's residences across Mahoning and Columbiana counties.

A Men's Sober Living Home in Mahoning County

VG's House is single-gender, and that settles the practical questions first: one set of house rules, single-gender common space, and housemates working the same program. Broadway Recovery Services keeps men's and women's housing in separate buildings across the whole portfolio, so nobody is the only man or the only woman in a mixed house.

Admission Requirements at This Recovery Home

Three things stand between an application and a bed. An applicant has to have completed medical detox or be at least seven days substance-free. He has to complete an application and a phone interview covering readiness and fit. And he completes a substance use disorder and mental health assessment at admission, which is what sets the level of support he receives. The first thirty days are a blackout period with limited outside contact and closer monitoring.

Dual Diagnosis and Medication Support in Ohio Recovery Housing

Ohio's recovery housing registry lists Broadway Recovery Services residences as MAT supported and serving people with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. That combination is less common than it should be. A house that turns away prescribed medication for opioid use disorder can cost a resident his treatment along with his bed, and a house with no mental health capacity tends to discharge the residents who need it most. Ohio Recovery Housing is the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences.

Youngstown as a Base for Sober House Residents

Youngstown is the county seat and the service center for the Mahoning Valley. Outpatient providers, the Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board, two hospital systems, Youngstown State University and the county courts all sit inside the city, and Western Reserve Transit Authority buses link them. Men leaving treatment in the smaller Mahoning and Trumbull county towns often find that Youngstown recovery housing is the nearest address within reach of all of it.

What to Ask Before Moving Into VG's House

Addresses are not published for Broadway Recovery Services houses, and applications go to the organization. Ask what the fee covers and when it is due, whether this address holds current certification and at what level, who is on site overnight, how a move to a satellite house is decided, and what a relapse triggers. A certified recovery residence has to put those answers in writing before anyone signs.