Fair Haven Home for Men Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Fair Haven Home for Men is a men's sober living home in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, the seat of Berkeley County. It appears on the male sober living list published by the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. The address is not published, and placement runs through the operator.

A Men's Sober House in Berkeley County

Berkeley County wraps around the northern edge of the Charleston metro and holds a fast-growing population with very little certified recovery housing of its own. Most beds in the tri-county area sit in Charleston and North Charleston, so a man from Moncks Corner, Goose Creek or Saint Stephen has usually had to leave his county and his family to find one.

Recovery Housing Between a County Seat and a Metro

Moncks Corner holds the Berkeley County courthouse, the sheriff's office and the local hospital, and it sits about forty minutes from downtown Charleston along Highway 52. That geography suits a resident with local family and local employment, and it requires transport for anyone whose job or outpatient appointments are in the city.

What an Uncertified Recovery Residence Should Tell You

The home is not on the certified list maintained by the South Carolina Alliance for Recovery Residences. Certification is voluntary in this state, so its absence is not a finding about the house, and the sensible approach is asking directly for what certification would put in writing: the weekly fee and what it covers, the house rules, the relapse and discharge policy, and who a resident can raise a problem with.

Transport and Work From a Berkeley County Sober House

Most of the region's employment sits along the Interstate 26 corridor toward Summerville and North Charleston. A resident without a car should settle before move-in how he will reach a shift, an outpatient appointment and a meeting, since none of the three is walkable from a small county seat.