Stepping Stones

About Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones is a sober living operator in Bellingham, Washington, running certified recovery housing in Whatcom County.

A Bellingham Sober Living Operator

Stepping Stones runs three men's sober houses within Bellingham, all certified through the state's recovery residence registry. Keeping every address under one certified operator means the same fee structure, house rules and relapse policy apply no matter which house a resident lives in.

Three Sober Houses in Bellingham

The operator's three certified men's houses sit on Yew Street, I Street and D Street, spread between the city's south-side residential blocks and its downtown lettered-street grid. That spread gives Stepping Stones a presence in more than one Bellingham neighborhood instead of a single cluster.

WAQRR Certification Across the Portfolio

All three Stepping Stones houses carry Level 2 certification through the Washington Alliance for Quality Recovery Residences. Certification is voluntary in Washington, and an operator that has certified every address it runs has put fees, rules and discharge procedures in writing for each one.

Recovery Housing for Whatcom County

Bellingham is the seat of Whatcom County and holds most of the county's treatment and outpatient capacity, so an operator based there is positioned close to the services its residents need. Someone leaving treatment elsewhere in Whatcom County typically ends up looking at Bellingham first for exactly that reason.

Reaching Stepping Stones

Applications go directly to Stepping Stones. Worth asking: which of the three houses has an open bed, what the weekly fee covers, how a transfer between houses works if the fit is wrong, and how a relapse or discharge is handled. A certified operator running multiple houses should have all four answers ready.