Restore Life #2 Men's Recovery Home

About this Recovery Home

Restore Life #2 is a men's sober house at 1801 North 24th Street in Richmond, Virginia, run by Restore Life. Richmond is an independent city belonging to no county, and the state assigns it to behavioral health Region 4. The residence is certified at Level of Support 2 through the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences.

A Men's Sober House on North 24th Street

North 24th Street runs through Richmond's East End in the 23223 ZIP code, a neighborhood of narrow lots, front porches and long blocks that holds a substantial share of the city's recovery housing. The house takes men and runs as a single household with a written agreement, a manager the operator answers for, and housemates who are all in the early stretch of the same work.

Peer Leadership Behind This Recovery Residence

Restore Life is led by Al Monroe, a certified substance abuse counselor with more than seventeen years of leadership experience who is himself in long-term recovery. That combination changes the texture of a house. A resident is dealing with someone who holds a clinical credential and has also lived the problem, which tends to produce rules that are enforced without being ceremonial. It also means the operator's judgment about who is ready for this level of housing is informed by both sides of the desk.

Level 2 Monitored Sober Living in Virginia

The state publishes a numeric level of support for every certified residence, and Level 2 is the Monitored tier. It describes peer-run housing with an identified manager, written rules covering curfew and house responsibilities, documented admission and discharge terms, and treatment delivered by clinicians outside the house. Residents are expected to be occupied during the day. What Level 2 excludes is on-site clinical supervision, so a man who still needs medical monitoring overnight belongs at a higher level of care.

Recovery Housing in Richmond's East End

The East End is the densest concentration of certified recovery homes in the city, and the practical reasons hold up. GRTC bus routes along 25th Street, Nine Mile Road and Broad Street reach downtown, the courts, the VCU Health campus and the job corridors along the river. Richmond Behavioral Health Authority, the city's community services board, is the front door to publicly funded outpatient and peer recovery services. A man leaving treatment somewhere else in Region 4 can move into this part of Richmond and reach an employer, a prescriber and a meeting without a car.

Questions to Ask This Richmond Sober House

Certification gives these questions documented answers. What the weekly fee covers and what falls outside it. Whether the house manager lives on site. How many men share a bedroom. What the written policy says about relapse, and what happens to a deposit if a stay ends early. Whether medication prescribed for opioid use disorder is accepted. What the house expects of a new resident regarding work or school in the first month. A certified Virginia residence has to hand those terms over in writing before anyone signs.