The Solution House Coed Recovery House

About this Recovery House

The Solution House is a coed sober living home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is operated by Solution House, Inc., a nonprofit built around structure, daily accountability and a fast return to work. Residents arrive from detox, residential treatment or incarceration, and the house gives them somewhere to be from the first day.

A Structured Recovery Home on Paul Street

This sober living home sits on Paul Street in the city's Near Northeast, a residential stretch of rowhouses and small businesses. The house runs on a sign-in and sign-out system, so staff always know who is in the building, and residents share the space under one set of house rules. That structure is the main thing separating a sober house like this one from an ordinary rental.

Daily Expectations at This Sober House

Solution House, Inc. asks the same things of everyone who moves in:

• Attendance at outside twelve-step meetings, with new residents completing thirty meetings in their first thirty days.
• Steady employment, or active work toward it.
• Participation in a weekly house meeting and shared chores.
• Meals prepared in-house Monday through Thursday.

The thirty-meetings requirement front-loads the program with outside accountability before a resident has built much of a routine, and the employment expectation keeps the daily schedule full.

A Sober House Serving Veterans and Adults in Recovery

Solution House, Inc. describes its mission as helping homeless veterans and adults facing addiction, and this Philadelphia sober house is where that mission plays out day to day. A resident with a service background and one arriving straight from a treatment program follow the same rules and share the same house.

What Pennsylvania Sober Living Certification Adds

Pennsylvania recovery houses can seek certification through the Pennsylvania Alliance of Recovery Residences, the state's affiliate of the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, and separately can seek a license from the state's Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. Both processes commit a house to a written code of ethics, disclosed fees and rules, and an outside complaint process. Neither is required by law, so a prospective resident comparing sober houses in Philadelphia should ask directly whether a given house holds either one.

Recovery Housing in Philadelphia's Near Northeast

Philadelphia is both a city and a county, and its Near Northeast neighborhoods put residents within reach of a large share of the city's outpatient clinics, courts and job centers without leaving Philadelphia County. That density is part of why sober living in Philadelphia tends to cluster in residential sections like this one.

Applying to This Philadelphia Sober House

Applications go through Solution House, Inc. directly. Because the program pairs housing with a fast employment expectation, the questions worth asking up front are practical: how quickly a new resident is expected to be working, what the thirty-meeting requirement looks like in practice, and how chores and shared costs are divided among residents.

Structure. Each Solution House Facility is a “self-sustaining entity”.  Each sober house facility has a management structure and schedules that are in place in order to maintain the safest, cleanest, healthiest, and overall most enjoyable and educational facilities. General rules and regulations of the sober house will be discussed with you upon admission to one of the  Solution House facilities. This structure allows individual suffering from addiction a sober, structured way of living that they can maintain as their recovery and personal growth continues when they are ready to leave the facility. Core Values. -Treat everyone with dignity and respect. -Promote active client engagement and participation in recovery. -Create opportunities to heal from addiction and trauma. -Encourage individuals to make healthy choices to ensure physical, psychological, social, and moral safety. -Respect diversity. -Promote physical, spiritual, and mental health. -Build connections to healthy relationships and community supports. -Promote independence, responsibility, integrity, and hope. -Support clients through advocacy and help them to find their own voice. -Ensure confidentiality and build trust.