Sober living near Columbia, Maryland

From Columbia, you are 10 minutes by car from Ellicott City, Severn Home’s house for women, and 25 from Gambrills, for men.

Ellicott City · the front. 10 minutes by car

Ellicott City

For women · Ellicott City area, Maryland · rooms from $1,200 a month

Rooms from $1,200 a month

10 minutes by car

Gambrills

For men · Maryland · rooms from $1,200 a month

For men · rooms from $1,200 a month

25 minutes by car

Arnold

For men · Maryland · rooms from $1,500 a month

For men · rooms from $1,500 a month

30 minutes by car

Crownsville

For men · Maryland · rooms from $1,200 a month

For men · rooms from $1,200 a month

30 minutes by car

For drive times to Pasadena, Silver Spring and Alexandria, ask when you call.

Pasadena

For men · Maryland · rooms from $1,200 a month

For men · rooms from $1,200 a month

Two full kitchens · 5,596 square feet

Two full kitchens · 5,596 sq ft

Silver Spring

For men · Maryland · rooms from $1,500 a month

For men · rooms from $1,500 a month

Two full kitchens for twelve men

Alexandria

For men · Virginia · rooms from $1,300 a month

For men · rooms from $1,300 a month

8 residents · 5,182 square feet

Virginia · 8 residents · 5,182 sq ft

Recovery near Columbia

From Columbia, the Ellicott City house for women is about 10 minutes away by car, close enough to keep your job, your family and your own program where they are. The nearest house for men is Gambrills, about 25 minutes away.

Any hour: Grassroots Crisis Intervention answers Howard County’s crisis line every hour of every day, drinking and drug use included, and its walk-in crisis center in Columbia is open at all hours.
Finding a program: the Howard County Health Department’s behavioral health navigation screens residents and refers them to substance use services, and the department runs free peer recovery support.
Meetings: Howard County AA posts a weekly meeting list, and the Free State Region of NA lists the county’s meetings in its meeting finder.
Getting around: RTA buses run across Columbia and Howard County, and MTA commuter buses link Columbia with Baltimore and Washington.

Questions from Columbia

Is there a house in Columbia itself?

Not in Columbia. The nearest is the Ellicott City house for women, about 10 minutes away by car.

Where would a man from Columbia live?

In Gambrills, about 25 minutes away by car, or in Arnold or Crownsville, about 30 and 30.

Can I keep my own counselor or program in Howard County?

Yes. You’re encouraged to keep working with your own providers, and the Ellicott City house is about 10 minutes from Columbia by car.

Some people search for this as a halfway house. Severn Home is sober living: gender-specific houses for adults in recovery, with house rules and no medical or clinical services.

A mentor checks in daily for your first month, and the rules lift in five stages over the year.

Read the first year, day by day