Brisan Recovery - Pontiac Avenue Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

Brisan Recovery - Pontiac Avenue is a women's sober living home in Cranston, Rhode Island, in Providence County.

Women's Recovery Housing on Pontiac Avenue

Brisan Recovery - Pontiac Avenue houses women. RICARES records one certified women's recovery residence in Cranston, listed under Brisan Recovery Housing at NARR Level 2, which makes this address the city's only certified option for a woman on the July 2026 roster.

Pontiac Avenue in Cranston

Pontiac Avenue is one of Cranston's principal roads and carries a long stretch of the city's civic and commercial buildings. Cranston lies immediately south of Providence in Providence County, close enough that a resident of Pontiac Avenue can hold a job or an outpatient appointment in the capital.

The Brisan Recovery Housing Women's Houses

Brisan Recovery Housing assigns a coordinator to its women's housing and runs women's houses in both Cranston and Providence. A woman applying to Pontiac Avenue is applying to an operator that has housed men and women in Rhode Island since 2003.

Applying to the Pontiac Avenue House

Applications go to Brisan Recovery Housing. Worth asking here: whether the Cranston and Providence women's houses share one waiting list, how a resident transfers between them, what the house expects of a woman working nights, and how the operator handles a return after a relapse. Certification obliges an operator to hand over its rules and fee terms in writing first.

About Brisan Sober Living About Sandra: Sober Living Operator Sandra has over 19 years experience working in the field of recovery and sober living homes. She is a certified community support professional, and is in long term recovery herself in addition to running a recovery residence. About Brian: Sober Living Operator Brian has 13 years experience with recovery housing and operating Brisan Recovery Support Services sober living house. He serves on the board of directors of The National Alliance of Recovery Residences (NARR) and is currently the chair person for the Ocean State Coalition of Recovery Houses. (OSCRH) He is also a person in long term recovery additional to running this sober living house.