About this Recovery Home
New Wistar is a men's sober living home on Wistar Village Drive in Henrico, Virginia, in Henrico County. The Virginia state register certifies it at Level of Support 3, the highest level True Recovery RVA carries on any of its houses, and lists it as serving men, veterans, LGBTQIA+ residents and men with co-occurring disorders.
A Supervised Men's Sober House in Henrico County
Level of Support 3 is named Supervised, and the difference from a monitored house is staffing. A supervised recovery residence runs with an organizational hierarchy, staff in defined roles, administrative oversight and structured programming built into the week. Residents come into a schedule that already exists. For a man leaving detox or residential treatment, that structure is often the point: the first weeks after treatment fail on unstructured afternoons, and a supervised house fills them.
Two Sober Houses on Wistar Village Drive
True Recovery RVA runs a second men's residence on the same street, Old Wistar at 7803. The two are separate certified residences with separate register entries, separate levels and separate households. Sharing a street means a resident stepping between them keeps his commute, his meetings and his neighborhood. Staples Mill Road, Dumbarton Road and Laurel Pine Drive are all within the same few square miles, which makes this corner of north Henrico County the densest recovery housing cluster in the operator's portfolio.
Veterans and Co-Occurring Diagnoses in This Recovery Home
The register's population field for this house names veterans and co-occurring disorders. A house that says so in a state filing has thought about what those residents need: appointments that cannot be moved, medications that cannot lapse, and a manager who understands that a psychiatric prescription is part of recovery. A prospective resident should still ask how the house handles a missed group or a hospital stay. The certification obliges an answer in writing.
Certification Under Virginia's Mandatory Regime
Virginia requires certification. Operating a recovery residence without it is a criminal offense under state law, and the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences is one of only two bodies the state recognizes to grant it. Certification binds a residence to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and house rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint process that reaches outside the house. The level of support then tells a resident which model the house actually runs.
Henrico County Recovery Housing and the Richmond Line
Henrico County wraps around Richmond on three sides, and its county seat is the independent city of Richmond, which is not part of the county at all. The practical effect on someone living on Wistar Village Drive is that county services, city services and the region's outpatient providers all sit within a short drive, and GRTC bus service runs the Staples Mill and Brook Road corridors nearby. Work, a court date and a treatment appointment can happen in one day without a car.
