Sober Living in South Portland, Maine  

South Portland, Maine has a diverse range of sober living communities. Typically, gender-specific sober living homes serve men or women who are recovering from addiction. South Portland, Maine’s largest city, is home to a plethora of facilities and housing options for addicts in recovery. South Portland is well-known for its superior sober housing and abundance of recovery resources.

South Portland is the fourth-largest city in the state of Maine, having been incorporated in 1898. The city had a population of 25,002 residents as of the 2010 census. According to a 2019 Wolfram Alpha estimate, the population increased by 530 people from the 2010 census to 25,532. South Portland, known for its working waterfront, is located on Portland Harbor and offers views of Portland’s skyline and the Casco Bay islands. South Portland has developed into a retail and industrial hub in the region as a result of its proximity to air, marine, rail, and highway transportation options.

While the city is considered suburban, its economy is diverse, as evidenced by its active waterfront and large retail center. South Portland is home to the Portland-Montreal Pipe Line, which transports millions of barrels of oil each year, accounting for a sizable portion of the inbound tonnage entering the Port of Portland. It is the United States’ northernmost oil port, with over 120 oil storage tanks. Emissions from tank farms such as benzene and napathalene have been a source of concern, and sea-level rise projections indicate that the South Portland Terminal will flood by 2050 by a factor of 27. Below is a list of our Maine residences.

Alice Douglas Sober House

The Alice Douglas Sober House is named after Alice May Douglas, a Bath native, children’s author and poet, and distinguished member of the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement. This home offers residency to women in recovery from addiction to alcohol or drugs. The Alice Douglas Sober House is a beautiful structured sober living home, offering three levels of comfortable sober living, located conveniently in downtown Bath, Maine, right across from Bath Iron Works. This recovery residence, like all Vanderburgh House sober living homes, are operated in accordance with NARR certification requirements.

Poseidon Sober House

The Poseidon Sober House for Men, a MARR Certified recovery residence, located in South Portland, Maine. This sober living home serves men who are serious about their recovery journey, supported through in-home meetings and support from a House Manager and staff.

Washington Sober House

Our Bath, Maine sober living house offers a recovery home environment to men and women in separate wings of this stately home. This unique sober living home has two private areas, each with living space and a kitchen, one for each gender. The accommodations provide a quiet recovery-focused environment in the Bath, Maine community.

More information about our Maine homes can be found on our Maine Home Page.

South Portland, Maine Addiction Recovery

South Portland’s recovery community is supportive and encouraging to those in recovery, serving residents from across Maine. Sober living care providers across Maine are committed to providing quality sober living across the state to those from all backgrounds in recovery. Educated and empathetic towards recovering addicts, South Portland’s leadership supports and encourages their recovery residence community. The drug epidemic has had a devastating effect on South Portland, Maine, and everyone offering care and resources to those in recovery, especially sober house operators, understand they must work together to win our war against drugs and alcohol and the damage they cause.

Sober Living Community in South Portland

South Portland’s recovery community and leaders have had a longstanding commitment to working together in service of those struggling from substance use issues, including collaborations with the Maine Sheriff’s Departments, local South Portland Police Department, the Maine Department of Public Health, and many private organizations. South Portland is home to many certified sober living homes and other organizations serving those in recovery, and many of South Portland’s organizations reach throughout Maine with addiction recovery resources.

A list of sober houses in South Portland, Maine is available below. You can filter results for the certified sober house in South Portland, sober living for men in South Portland, sober living for women in South Portland, or coed sober house in South Portland, Maine.

Sober House Certification in Maine

Maine’s sober houses are certified by the Maine Association of Recovery Residences or MARR. MARR follows NARR’s national-level sober house certification protocols. Sober House Directory provides information on sober house certification for each state in the database.

For sober living to be certified by MARR, the operators must adhere to a set of strict criteria to meet the standards to be a certified sober house or certified sober living facility. These certification requirements include operator training, sober home inspections, recovery residence policies and procedures, and document review. Residents in a Maine-certified sober house can expect better service from a certified recovery residence than a sober house that is not certified. All state-level recovery residence certification organizations follow the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, or NARR, standards for sober living certification. NARR is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to promote quality sober living recovery residences in Maine as well as across the United States.

This sober living directory provides information on sober house certification for each state in our sober living database, including Maine. For more information on this state’s sober living certification, visit the Maine Sober House Certification page for additional information. While each state operates its certified sober living differently, recovery residence certification follows similar requirements and residents can expect a similar level of service in certified sober living environments in Maine as well as across the country.

Recovery Resources for Sober Living Residents in South Portland, Maine

Successfully recovery from addiction requires more than sober living. In addition to certification information, the Sober House Directory provides state-by-state information for recovery resources. For recovery resources in Maine please visit our Maine Sober House Recovery Resources page for more information. We work to have a complete list of recovery support organizations, including detox facilities, rehab facilities, clinical and medical services, and other organizations which operate to support men and women in recovery from addiction to drugs or alcohol.