Mark Ashe

About Mark Ashe (Mass Sober Living)

Mark Ashe (Mass Sober Living) is a Massachusetts sober living operator based in Quincy, providing men's recovery housing across Norfolk and Suffolk counties. Its owners describe themselves as peers in long-term recovery who built their houses in the same neighborhoods where they found their own healing.

A Quincy and Dorchester Sober Living Operator

Mass Sober Living supplies housing and peer structure. Residents keep their own outside providers and meetings, and the operator's role is running four consistent households with the same expectations at every address. That consistency matters most for someone comparing options for the first time: a house on Harvard Street and a house on Sydney Street run the same program even though they sit in different towns.

Serving Quincy and Dorchester

Four men's sober living homes carry the Mass Sober Living name:

• Harvard House, on Harvard Street in Quincy.
• Edwin Street Sober Living, on Edwin Street in Quincy.
• Thayer St. Sober Living, on Thayer Street in Quincy.
• Savin Hill House, on Sydney Street in Dorchester.

Three houses sit in Quincy, in Norfolk County, and the fourth is across the city line in Dorchester, in Suffolk County. All four sit within walking distance of the MBTA Red Line, which the operator markets as a way for residents without a car to keep a job and get to meetings.

A 12-Step Sober Living Program

Every Mass Sober Living house runs the same structure: residents work through the 12 steps, join a recovery Homegroup within 30 days of moving in, and take on a service position in that group. Participation requires four weekly outside recovery meetings plus one in-house meeting on Mondays, and the operator runs scheduled and random drug and alcohol testing across all four houses.

MASH Certification at Mass Sober Living

Harvard House currently carries certification through the Massachusetts Alliance for Sober Housing, the state's NARR affiliate. MASH certifies residence by residence, so certification at one Mass Sober Living address does not extend automatically to the others, and anyone comparing the four houses should confirm which one they are applying to.

Wraparound Support Beyond Housing

Mass Sober Living connects residents to help beyond the house itself: assistance with food and clothing, insurance navigators for medical and dental needs, and pathways into GED programs, community college courses, and trade and technical training. Manet Community Health Clinic sits within walking distance of the Quincy houses, part of the same support network.

One Operator, Two Massachusetts Cities

Applying to Mass Sober Living means applying to a small operator that already knows its own four addresses well. A man who wants a different set of housemates or a different commute can raise it with the same organization, since every house runs the same 12-step framework and the same testing policy.