VFOR St. Albans Men's Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

VFOR St. Albans is a men's recovery home in St. Albans, Vermont, the shire town of Franklin County, operated by Vermont Foundation of Recovery. The house has four bedrooms and two bathrooms in a residential neighborhood, two rooms single and two double, for a household of six men.

A Six-Man Recovery Home in Franklin County

This is the only certified recovery residence in Franklin County, which makes it the practical answer for a man leaving treatment anywhere in Vermont's northwest corner. Six residents, two of them in single rooms, is a household small enough to hold each other accountable during the hours nobody is checking. The address is not published, and applications run through the operator.

Certification and the Vermont Sober Living Record

The residence is certified by the Vermont Alliance for Recovery Residences. Certification requires documentation of policies, an annual onsite inspection, participation in training, and responsiveness to concerns and grievances raised from outside the house. It also obliges the operator to hand an applicant the fees and the rules in writing before he signs anything. In a small city, that written record is the difference a resident can actually verify.

Recovery Housing in St. Albans and Northwestern Vermont

St. Albans is the shire town of Franklin County and the service center for the region between Burlington and the Canadian border. Northwestern Medical Center, the county courthouse, Turning Point of Franklin County and the northern terminus of Amtrak's Vermonter all sit in the city. Interstate 89 puts Burlington roughly half an hour south, which keeps the Chittenden County job market reachable for a resident who has a ride or a car.

Medication and Daily Structure at This St. Albans Sober House

Members on medication prescribed by a licensed medical professional are accepted, including medication for opioid use disorder. The house asks for twenty hours a week of work, school or volunteering, attendance at recovery meetings, and shared responsibility for the household. Members typically stay between one and twelve months.