River City Recovery

About River City Recovery

River City Recovery is a sober living operator in Portage, Wisconsin, running the first sober living home established in Columbia County.

Columbia County's First Sober Living Operator

River City Recovery describes its own founding as bringing the first sober living homes to Columbia County, a claim about timing, not scale. For a county without an existing recovery housing infrastructure, being first means the operator has had to build referral relationships from the ground up instead of plugging into a network another provider already established.

A Coed Approach to Recovery Housing

The operator runs shared living arrangements that house men and women together, a structural choice distinct from the single-gender model used by most Wisconsin sober living operators. River City Recovery pairs that arrangement with regular meetings and community events aimed at building accountability across the household.

A Mission Built Around Structure

River City Recovery states its purpose as providing a safe, supportive and structured environment for people recovering from alcohol and substance abuse. Structure, in the operator's own framing, is the mechanism, not just a byproduct of housing people together.

Serving Columbia County

Portage, the seat of Columbia County, sits at a crossroads in south central Wisconsin, giving River City Recovery a base with access to the county's courts, medical providers and public services. As the county's recovery housing options grow, an operator already established here has a head start on referrals from local courts and treatment providers.

Contacting River City Recovery

The organization takes inquiries directly through its website and accepts community support through donations. Worth asking before applying: how bedrooms and house rules are structured for a coed household, what a typical week of programming looks like, and how the house handles a resident who relapses.