Recovery Housing of Maine

About Recovery Housing of Maine

Recovery Housing of Maine runs certified recovery residences in Auburn and Lewiston, Maine, the two neighbouring cities of Androscoggin County. Its program is set up for men transitioning from long-term substance use rehabilitation and from incarceration.

About Recovery Housing of Maine

The organization describes what it does in three parts: hosting halfway homes for substance use recovery, offering recovery coaching to help people form healthy habits, and presenting self-help trainings. Housing is the center of it, but the coaching and the trainings matter, because they are what fills the gap between having somewhere to sleep and having a life worth staying sober for.

Its stated purpose is to bridge the gap between rehab and home. That is a specific position on the map of recovery services. It is not the crisis end, and it is not the point where someone is fully back on their feet. It is the stretch in between, where people most often come unstuck, and where a structured place to live can be the difference.

Recovery Houses in Auburn and Lewiston

The Maine Association of Recovery Residences certified-residence directory lists four residences under Recovery Housing of Maine:

• RHOM - Auburn, in Auburn, at Level 2
• RHOM - Highland Ave, in Auburn, at Level 3
• RHOM - Lewiston Women's, in Lewiston, at Level 3
• RHOM - Trava's House, in Lewiston, at Level 4

The organization's own description of its program referred to three houses for residents, one Level 3 recovery home and two Level 2 recovery homes. Either way, the footprint is concentrated in Auburn and Lewiston, which sit side by side in Androscoggin County, so residents move between houses without leaving the area, their job, or the people they know.

A Phased Program Rather Than a Fixed Stay

What distinguishes this operator is that the houses are meant to be used in sequence. Residents typically begin in the more structured house and, after about two months, move to a smaller and less restricted home. There is no time frame for moving out; the organization states residents can stay until they are ready to leave.

That combination, a step down in structure paired with an open end date, is deliberate. It lets someone take on more independence at the point they are actually ready for it rather than at the point a calendar says so, and it means leaving the program is a decision rather than an eviction date.

Certification and Who the Houses Serve

The organization states that it is fully certified through the Maine association of recovery residences, and the MARR directory bears that out house by house, at Levels 2, 3, 3 and 4 across the four listed residences. Certification is recorded per house rather than per organization, which is why the levels differ between them.

The program is set up for men transitioning from long-term substance use rehabilitation and incarceration, and the organization writes about returning citizens directly: by staying at a halfway home for returning citizens, it says, a person will have an easier time adjusting. The MARR directory also lists a women's residence in Lewiston under the operator's name.

People leaving prison and people leaving long-term rehabilitation face a similar problem at the same moment. They have been somewhere highly structured, often for a long time, and are returning to a world with no structure at all and, frequently, no address. A house that expects them, has rules, and does not require them to be finished by a certain date addresses that directly.

Sober Living in Androscoggin County

Auburn and Lewiston together form the largest population center in Maine outside greater Portland, and Androscoggin County has been among the parts of the state hit hardest by substance use. Certified recovery housing here means people do not have to move south to find a bed and can stay near family, work and probation or reentry obligations.

For anyone searching for sober living in Lewiston, recovery housing in Auburn, or a certified recovery residence anywhere in Androscoggin County, Recovery Housing of Maine operates several of the certified houses in the immediate area.