Sober living questions, answered

A sober living home, also called a recovery residence, is a shared home that is free of alcohol and drugs. Residents pay rent, follow house rules and support each other while they rebuild their lives. It is housing with structure, not a medical program.

No. Overcomers is a Christ-centered recovery residence. We do not provide medical care, detox or clinical treatment, and you need to be detoxed and free of alcohol and drugs on move-in day. If you need detox or medical help, talk to a doctor or call or text 988 any time.

Men 18 and older who are seeking recovery, are detoxed and free of alcohol and drugs at move-in, are willing to be drug tested, and can meet the weekly rent. We also need to be able to safely support your needs in a peer recovery home.

Two homes in Yukon, near Ranchwood and Vandament and near SW 15th Street and Czech Hall Road, and one in northwest Oklahoma City near Hefner Road and MacArthur Boulevard. To protect residents’ privacy, we share exact addresses once you’re accepted.

In Oklahoma, “halfway house” usually means a facility the Department of Corrections contracts with to house people who are close to finishing a prison sentence (ODOC). Sober living is voluntary. You choose to live here, you pay rent, and the goal is a sober, stable life.

Oxford Houses are run entirely by their residents, who vote on house decisions and share the bills (ODMHSAS). Overcomers homes are Christ-centered and led by a house manager, with drug testing, required meetings, weekly church and Disciple Me, and a written plan for every man.

Rent is $135 a week, due before the Sunday house meeting, plus a one-time $75 move-in fee. To move in, you pay $210: the $75 move-in fee plus your first week’s rent. Payments are non-refundable. See the cost page for late and cleaning fees.

No. Rent is paid weekly online. Sober living is housing and discipleship, not medical treatment, so health insurance usually doesn’t pay for it. Most men pay from work, and some get help from family or their church.

Yes. Family members can pay the weekly invoice online with a card or a bank account.

Yes. Curfew is 10 PM unless your house manager approves otherwise, and quiet hours run from 10 PM to 6 AM.

Yes. Every resident takes a drug screen at intake to set a baseline, then random and for-cause tests, including after an overnight pass. Refusing or tampering with a test counts as a positive.

Yes, with an approved overnight pass. Request it through the resident hub and your house manager approves or denies it within 24 hours. Passes are earned, and you can expect a test when you get back.

Yes. Every resident needs to be working, in school, in treatment or in an active, documented job search.

Yes, with approval from your house manager and program leadership.

Not inside the house or in front of it. Tobacco is allowed only in designated areas.

You and your house manager review your progress at 30, 60 and 90 days, then at 6 months and a year. In a study of 300 sober living residents, longer stays were tied to the biggest improvements (Alcohol Research Group).

Overcomers is a zero-tolerance program. A relapse, or a failed or refused test, ends your stay. We love you too much to let one man’s use put the whole house at risk. We will never put a man on the street to fend for himself: we connect him to detox, treatment, family or other housing. Relapse ends this stay. It doesn’t end your story, and many men come back after treatment and finish strong.

Call 911 first, always. Every home keeps naloxone (Narcan), every house manager is trained to use it, and no one is ever disciplined for calling 911 to save a life, his own or a housemate’s.

Men of any background can apply. Overcomers is a Christ-centered program, so every resident attends Sunday service and Tuesday Disciple Me at The Good Fight Church each week, along with the house Bible study.

Yes. The Good Fight Church in Yukon is our spiritual home. Residents attend Sunday service and Tuesday Disciple Me there every week.

Yes, alongside discipleship. Men with less than 3 months sober attend 30 meetings in 30 days, men with 3 to 6 months attend 5 a week, and men with over 6 months attend 3 AA meetings a week.

It depends on open beds. Apply and a house manager will call you. Once you’re accepted and a bed is open, you sign your agreement online and schedule your move-in day. When homes are full, you can join the waitlist.

Yes. Medication-assisted treatment such as buprenorphine (Suboxone), methadone or naltrexone is allowed when it’s prescribed, monitored by your provider and taken exactly as directed. We go over every medication at your intake interview and verify it with your prescriber. Medications are stored securely, and sharing or selling them ends your stay.

Yes. With your signed release, we can talk with your probation officer, sponsor or healthcare provider.

Only if he signs a release of information. Without one, we can’t confirm whether someone lives with us. That rule protects every man in our homes.

No. We never pay for referrals and never accept payment for placing someone in a home. Federal law prohibits paying for referrals to recovery homes in many cases (18 U.S.C. § 220).