Sober Surroundings

About Sober Surroundings

Sober Surroundings is a Massachusetts sober living operator running homes in Lowell, East Boston, Medford, and Somerville, across Middlesex and Suffolk counties. The operator describes itself as a sober home only, stating it does not provide addiction treatment or clinical services of any kind.

A Greater Boston Sober Living Operator

Sober Surroundings supplies furnished rooms and a live-in house manager for working adults who need a completely sober living environment while they hold down a job. Incoming residents must pass an initial urine test to be eligible.

Serving Four Greater Boston Communities

Sober Surroundings operates sober homes in four locations:

• Two houses in Lowell, on Rock Street and Gorham Street.
• A house in East Boston.
• Houses in Medford and Somerville.

That spread puts Sober Surroundings across both Middlesex and Suffolk counties, with Lowell to the northwest and East Boston, Medford, and Somerville closer to the city itself.

Accepting Medication-Assisted Recovery

Sober Surroundings accepts residents on methadone maintenance treatment or Suboxone, provided they are part of a monitored treatment program. That policy matters for residents whose prescribed medication would otherwise put housing at risk.

A 12-Step Framework Without Clinical Services

The operator applies the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous in practice inside its houses, while directing residents to outside providers for anything clinical. Each house has a live-in manager to keep that structure consistent day to day.

Recovery Housing Across Greater Boston

Sober Surroundings' four communities give residents a choice between a smaller city further from Boston, Lowell, and three closer-in communities, East Boston, Medford, and Somerville, all within reach of the city's job market and outpatient providers.