Mike's House Men's Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

Mike's House is a men's sober living home at 17344 Drymill Road in Leesburg, Virginia, the county seat of Loudoun County. Loudoun Serenity House operates it, and the state register of certified recovery residences lists it at Level of Support 2 with accreditation through the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences.

A Men's Sober House on Drymill Road

Drymill Road runs through the 20175 ZIP code on the west side of Leesburg. The house serves men and is the operator's only men's residence, which means the men living there are not one household among several but the whole of the program for their gender. A single house tends to be tightly run for exactly that reason: there is nowhere to shuffle a resident to, so the expectations have to hold.

Veterans and Co-Occurring Conditions in This Recovery Residence

The state register lists the population as men, LGBT residents, veterans and people with co-occurring disorders. Northern Virginia holds a large veteran population, and a veteran in early recovery is usually managing benefits paperwork, a VA care team and sometimes a disability claim at the same time as his housing. A resident with a psychiatric diagnosis alongside a substance use disorder needs a household where a medication schedule and a therapy appointment are unremarkable. Naming those groups on a government record is a statement about what the staff will work around.

Affordable Recovery Housing in an Expensive County

Loudoun County has among the highest household incomes in the country, and the housing market reflects it. That has a direct effect on recovery: a man leaving treatment with no savings and a thin work history cannot rent in this county on his own, and leaving for somewhere cheaper usually means leaving his family, his employer and his court obligations behind. Loudoun Serenity House advertises affordable weekly rates as a nonprofit, which is the entire reason a residence like this exists in a place like this.

What Certification Obliges This Sober Living Home To Disclose

Certification is mandatory in Virginia and enforceable as a criminal matter, so the obligations behind it carry weight. A certified residence works under a published code of ethics. It discloses fees, house rules and grounds for discharge in writing before a resident moves in. It keeps a written relapse policy. It accepts complaints reviewed by someone outside the house. The credential is issued per address and renewed, so a current listing describes a current inspection.

Leesburg as a Base for Recovery Homes in Northern Virginia

Leesburg is the seat of Loudoun County and the western anchor of the Washington region. The county courthouse, court services and the community services board are all downtown. Metro's Silver Line reaches eastern Loudoun at Ashburn, and county commuter buses connect to the rail and to job centers in Fairfax and the District, so employment in the metro area is available to a resident without a car. Inova Loudoun Hospital handles regional medical care. For men leaving treatment anywhere in Region 2, a certified Leesburg sober house is one of the few affordable addresses inside that network.