Joy of Living - Leiper Street Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Joy of Living – Leiper Street is a sober house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Joy of Living runs a men's recovery home on Leiper Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the city's Lower Northeast.

A Men's Recovery Home on Leiper Street

This Leiper Street house serves men in recovery in Northeast Philadelphia, not far from Joy of Living's women's residence on Dyre Street, both inside the same stretch of the city.

A Program Built From Personal Recovery Experience

Joy of Living Recovery Program was started in 2005 by someone who drew on her own recovery housing experience to build the organization, and it has since grown from one house into a network of residences across Philadelphia. Every house runs on the same person-first approach: daily twelve-step meetings, full-time staffing and support with life skills like budgeting and goal-setting.

What Act 59 Licensure Establishes

Pennsylvania licenses recovery houses through the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs under Act 59 of 2017, and licensure is voluntary statewide. This house carries that license, which means a state inspection and a set of staffing and safety standards stand behind it.

Serving Men and Women Separately Across Philadelphia

Joy of Living keeps men and women in separate residences, and this Leiper Street house is one of its men's homes, paired with a women's residence on Dyre Street nearby. Keeping the split at the house level means rules, meetings and shared space are written for one population at each address.