Gateway Christian Church Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Gateway Christian Church is a men's recovery residence on 4th Avenue in Saint Albans, West Virginia, in Kanawha County. Four men live here at $125 a week, with the first two weeks free, under Level 1 certification from the West Virginia Alliance of Recovery Residences.

A Four-Bed Men's Sober House in Saint Albans

Four beds makes this the smallest of the church's three houses. 4th Avenue runs through the older residential grid of Saint Albans, within walking distance of the town's main street and the churches along it. A household of four suits a man who does poorly in a larger residence or who is far enough along to want quiet.

What Level 1 Certification Means

Level 1 is the lightest tier West Virginia recognizes, describing peer-run recovery housing where residents set and enforce the household expectations themselves and no on-site staffing is required. It suits someone working and stable. A man needing closer monitoring would enter through one of the church's two Level 2 halls on C Street instead.

Two Weeks at No Cost

The first two weeks carry no charge, with $125 a week afterward. That waiver lands in the window where a man arriving from treatment has neither savings nor a first paycheck, which is when most recovery housing placements collapse.

Medication Policy at This Kanawha County Recovery Home

Sublocade and Vivitrol are accepted across all three of the church's residences. Both are long-acting injectables that fit a resident working irregular hours.

Saint Albans and the Kanawha Valley

Saint Albans sits where the Coal River meets the Kanawha, about ten miles west of Charleston, one of the older working towns in the valley. Charleston is the state capital and the seat of Kanawha County, holding the courthouse, the family court, the hospitals and the outpatient providers, with Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation running the corridor between them. A man living in Saint Albans is close enough to use the capital's services and far enough out to be in a quieter town.