Harris Memorial House Men's Sober House

About this Sober House

Harris Memorial House is a men's recovery residence in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in Tulsa County. OKARR lists it as certified at Level 3 with fifteen beds, operated by SoberLife Recovery Inc.

A Men's Sober House in the SoberLife Recovery Network

Fifteen men live here, in one of six houses the operator runs across Tulsa. Men's beds make up most of the network, and a man applying to the organization is placed where there is room, so the practical question at application is availability across all of them at once. The house is in south Tulsa. The operator does not publish the street, and placement is arranged through the organization.

What OKARR Certification Puts on the Record

Oklahoma exempts standalone recovery residences from licensing, so the Oklahoma Alliance for Recovery Resources roster is the only public record of a house meeting a published standard. Appearing on it means the residence has agreed to a code of ethics, to giving applicants its fees and rules in writing, to a documented policy for relapse and discharge, and to complaints being reviewed by someone outside the house. It also means a certification level and an expiry date exist that anyone can look up. In a city with as much recovery housing as Tulsa, that record is the cheapest due diligence available.

Level 3 Structure in a Tulsa Recovery Home

Level 3 is the more supervised of the two certification levels Oklahoma uses. It indicates staff employed by the operator, documented policies, and programming delivered in the residence. SoberLife Recovery builds its houses around workshops and group sessions alongside the peer accountability that comes from living with people doing the same work. Clinical treatment stays with outside providers, and residents keep their own prescribers and appointments.

Fifteen Beds and Life in a Larger Sober Living Household

A fifteen-bed house runs on a schedule. Kitchen and laundry rotations, quiet hours and house meetings all get formalized at that size, which suits a man leaving a structured setting and wanting the next step to hold its shape. The larger household also means more people in the building have been sober longer than the newest resident has, and that bench is what makes a big house work.

Recovery Housing in Tulsa County and Green Country

Tulsa is the county seat and the anchor of Green Country in northeastern Oklahoma, and it carries the largest supply of certified recovery residences in the state. I-44, I-244 and US-75 converge here, the Arkansas River runs through the middle of it, and the outpatient providers, courts and employers that a man in early recovery has to reach are all inside the metro. Men coming out of treatment in the surrounding counties usually find Tulsa is the nearest address with all of it in one place.