About this Sober House
Hope is Alive Recovery Home H5 is a men's sober house in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in Oklahoma County, holding Level 2 certification from the Oklahoma Alliance for Recovery Resources. Twelve men live here, on the far south side of the city near the Moore line.
A Men's Sober House in Far South Oklahoma City
South Oklahoma City is a different proposition from the north side, and a prospective resident should understand the difference. The area around the southern city limits is newer, quieter and more suburban, running up against Moore and the Westmoore neighborhoods, with Interstate 44 and South Western Avenue carrying most of the traffic. Housing is spread out and so is employment, which puts a premium on either a car or a reliable ride. What a resident gets in exchange is distance. For a man whose using history is tied to a specific part of the metro, the south side can be far enough away to matter without leaving the county.
Twelve Beds and the Sobriety Coach Model in HIA Recovery Homes
Twelve beds is at the larger end of what Hope is Alive runs in Oklahoma, and it means a full house with people at every stage of the eighteen-month program. Most bedrooms hold two. A sobriety coach is assigned to this house specifically and works with the men in it, and residents are matched to mentors for spiritual, financial and professional guidance on top of that. A larger house also means more men to compare notes with about which employers hire, which meetings are worth going to and which parts of the program are hardest.
What Level 2 Recovery Residence Certification Means in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Alliance for Recovery Resources is the only recognized certifier of recovery residences in the state, and it publishes a level for every house it certifies. Level 2 is peer-managed housing with a manager on site, structured daily expectations and clinical care from outside providers. Certification binds the house to a code of ethics, to disclosing fees and rules in writing before move-in, to a written relapse and discharge policy, and to a complaint process that runs past the house. It does not tell anyone whether a particular house suits a particular person. It creates a record that can be checked, which in a state with no mandatory certification is the difference between a recovery residence and a landlord renting rooms.
Getting to Work from a South Oklahoma City Sober Living Home
The ministry expects a full-time job, school or steady volunteering within three weeks of move-in, and on the south side that expectation runs into geography. Interstate 44 and Interstate 35 both cross this part of the metro, the Will Rogers World Airport employment area sits to the west, and Moore and Norman are a short drive south, so the work is there. Getting to it early on usually means riding with a housemate, which is one of the underrated advantages of a twelve-bed house where most people are on shift schedules.
Oklahoma County, Cleveland County and the Moore Line
The house is inside Oklahoma County, at the point where Oklahoma City runs into Moore and Cleveland County begins. That position gives a resident two counties of services inside a short drive: the state agencies, courts and outpatient providers of the capital to the north, and Moore and Norman with the University of Oklahoma and its medical services to the south. Recovery housing in central Oklahoma is concentrated in Oklahoma City, so a certified men's house at the southern edge covers a part of the metro that has fewer options than the core.
