Stairway to Freedom

About Stairway to Freedom

Stairway to Freedom is a Chicago, Illinois sober living operator running four recovery homes on the city's Northwest Side. All four stand in Cook County.

What Stairway to Freedom Operates

Stairway to Freedom runs Raven House, Cardinal House and Sparrow House in the Portage Park community area, and Condor House in Belmont Cragin. Raven House and Cardinal House sit near the Old Irving neighborhood. Sparrow House sits near Six Corners. Condor House sits near Belmont and Austin. Each of the four is a men's residence.

The Model: Peer-Based Recovery Housing

Stairway to Freedom describes its purpose as a place where people seeking recovery from addiction or alcoholism can rebuild their lives through peer-based support and the therapeutic value of one addict helping another. The provider serves men in recovery from addiction and alcoholism, which is the population every one of its houses is published for.

What This Provider Does Not Do

The organization states that it is not a primary alcohol or drug treatment facility and not a detox center, a boundary it draws itself. As a recovery housing provider, Stairway to Freedom supplies a sober address and a peer group; clinical withdrawal management, therapy and outpatient programming come from other providers.

Founded in Chicago in 2007

Stairway to Freedom was founded in 2007 by a group of members from the Recovery Community who had many years of sober living in Chicago. The organization keeps an office at 4849 West Irving Park Road in Chicago.

Condition of the Stairway to Freedom Homes

Stairway to Freedom states that each of its sober living homes is modernized and provides the comforts of modern living. Condor House is a rehabbed flat building with a chef's kitchen, steel appliances, custom cabinets and hardwood floors. Sparrow House was fitted with a newly remodeled kitchen with granite countertops.