Holly House Men's Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

Holly House is a men's sober house on South Holly Avenue in Highland Springs, Virginia, in Henrico County. It is certified at Level of Support 2 on Virginia's state register and operated by Personal Solutions Counseling Services, a Richmond-based mental health and substance use provider.

A Men's Sober House on South Holly Avenue

Highland Springs is an older streetcar suburb in eastern Henrico County, laid out in a grid of short blocks with a small commercial main street. It is a walkable place by the standards of suburban Virginia, which is the single most useful thing about the address for a man in his first months of recovery. Groceries, a bus stop and a meeting are errands on foot instead of a transportation problem.

Highland Springs and Henrico County Recovery Housing

Henrico County's seat is the independent city of Richmond, which is not part of Henrico County, so a resident here deals with the county's courts and social services in one place and the city's in another. Both are within a few miles. Eastern Henrico County holds less certified recovery housing than the county's west end, so a men's residence in Highland Springs serves a part of the region where the options are genuinely few.

Level 2 Monitored Certification on the State Register

The house appears on the register the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services publishes, with its operator, its accrediting body and its level of support. Monitored certification means a house manager, written expectations that apply uniformly, drug screening, and clinical care delivered by outside providers. The register entry is a public record, which is a stronger basis for a decision than a claim on a website.

A Sober Living Home Next to Clinical Care

The operator is a treatment provider running partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, mental health skills building and intensive in-home services. A man who needs a structured clinical day and a stable address can get both from one organization, and the coordination between them is handled internally. A man who is already established with an outside prescriber and therapist should ask whether the house requires enrollment in the operator's own programs.

Who a Highland Springs Recovery Residence Suits

The house fits a man coming out of detox, treatment or incarceration who has somewhere to be during the day and needs the day to hold its shape. Anyone requiring clinical supervision on site is a poor match for a monitored residence. Certification obliges the house to disclose its rules, its fees and its discharge policy in writing before anyone signs, and a prospective resident should read all three before committing.