Zysk House
About Zysk Recovery Partners
Zysk Recovery Partners runs recovery residences and substance use treatment in Winthrop, Augusta and Portland, Maine, across Kennebec and Cumberland counties. The organization describes itself as an umbrella offering recovery housing and substance use treatment across Maine, pairing a set of residences with outpatient, intensive outpatient and co-occurring services. Its own framing is that the residences are part of a comprehensive substance use disorder treatment program, each one tailored to residents' needs and balancing independence with guidance.
Housing and Treatment Under One Umbrella
The services list runs from outpatient and intensive outpatient care through co-occurring treatment, substance use disorder treatment, aftercare programs and relapse prevention. The organization's offices are at 9 Green Street in Augusta and 1 Pleasant Street in Portland, which puts its treatment side in two cities and its housing spread more widely. That is the shape of the operation: clinical services in the urban centers, residences in the towns around them.
Homes Operated by Zysk Recovery Partners
The organization self-lists four recovery residences: Zysk House, Freedom House Maine, Mark Perry House and Kari's Place. The Maine Association of Recovery Residences certified directory carries a longer list under the organization name Freedom House.
- Zysk's House, Level 3
- Mark Perry House, Level 3
- Kari's Place, Level 3
- Amara House, Level 3
- Calabria House, Level 3
- Landry House, Level 3
- Fred's House, Level 4
That is a substantial certified footprint by Maine standards, and it means someone approaching the organization is not being offered a single house on a take-it-or-leave-it basis but a set of them at different levels.
The organization states that all Freedom House MARR homes follow the guidelines of the Maine Association of Recovery Residences, and the MARR certified directory bears that out with seven residences recorded under the Freedom House name. MARR certification in Maine is voluntary, so a group that has taken most of its houses through the process has chosen to be measured against an external standard. For families comparing options, a certified house has been reviewed on how it is governed and run as housing, which is not the same question as whether the treatment attached to it is any good, and both are worth asking.
What the Residences Expect
Zysk Recovery Partners is unusually specific in public about its conditions of residency, which makes comparison easier. Participation in substance use disorder treatment is required, but the organization states plainly that multiple treatment options are available and are not exclusive to Zysk Recovery Partners, except within its own residential treatment program. That distinction matters. A resident is required to be in treatment, but is not obliged to buy it from the landlord, which is a healthier arrangement than the alternative and not one every housing-plus-treatment provider offers.
Residents are expected to take part in basic home responsibilities including assigned chores, and must be able to maintain basic personal hygiene independently. Two entry conditions are also published: personal cellular devices are not accessible during the first thirty days of residency, and residents must pass a urine screen on arrival for official admission. The phone rule in particular is a strong structural choice and worth thinking about honestly before applying, because for some people it is the thing that makes the first month work and for others it is a deal breaker.
Recovery Housing in Kennebec and Cumberland Counties
Kennebec County covers Augusta, Waterville, Winthrop and the Belgrade Lakes towns, and it is the center of gravity for recovery services in central Maine. Cumberland County, with Portland at its center, holds the largest concentration of recovery housing in the state. Running in both gives Zysk Recovery Partners reach across two very different settings, the small central Maine town and the coastal city, and gives residents somewhere to go that is not necessarily the place they came from. Anyone weighing a move between the two should think about where their work, family and obligations sit, because staying near them is usually easier to sustain than starting over somewhere new.
Approaching the Organization
Individual houses in the group have their own listings in this directory, with the town, the county and the certification level recorded for each. This page covers the organization behind them: the treatment services, the shared conditions of residency and the certified footprint across central and southern Maine.
