Stepping Stones #10 Men's Sober House

About this Sober House

Stepping Stones #10 is a men's sober house in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in Tulsa County. Five beds, OKARR Certified Level 3, operated by Community Treatment Integrations of Oklahoma in the 74136 ZIP code on the south side of the city.

A Men's Sober House in the Stepping Stones Group

This is the highest-numbered house in a group of certified men's and women's residences the operator runs across Tulsa. Every one of them holds the same certification at the same level, which means a man is choosing a household and a bed date more than he is choosing a standard of care. Five beds, shared rooms, one gender, one set of expectations. The operator handles placement, so the practical first step is an application to the organization.

Where This Recovery Residence Sits in the NARR Framework

The National Alliance for Recovery Residences defines the level system that Oklahoma's affiliate applies. Levels describe the model a house runs, from peer-managed housing up through supervised residences with staff and structure. Oklahoma publishes only Levels 2 and 3, and this house is certified at Level 3, the supervised tier: an organization behind the house, paid staff, administrative oversight and a written program. That framework is what lets someone comparing houses in two different states read a level and know roughly what they are looking at.

What Certification Obliges This Tulsa Sober Living Home to Disclose

Certification through the Oklahoma Alliance for Recovery Resources requires a written code of ethics, disclosure of fees and house rules in writing before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint process that reaches beyond the house. Oklahoma exempts standalone recovery residences from mandatory certification, so every certified house on the roster elected the obligation.

Questions to Settle Before Moving Into This Recovery Home

No street address is published for this residence, and placement runs through the operator. Before committing, settle the fee and what it covers, the deposit and how it is refunded, whether staff are on site overnight, how bedrooms are assigned, what happens after a relapse, whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted, and whether a resident can move to another house in the group if the first placement is wrong. A certified residence has to answer the first five in writing.