It can be quite difficult to find a high-quality sober living community. Many can be disappointing…read morein their quality and their ability to meet the needs of their clients. Keystone House is different. Keystone, with its dedicated staff, provides a nurturing environment in which to achieve and maintain sobriety. The houses are well maintained and geared to the needs of the clients who inhabit them. They are in safe locations with convenient access to local jobs and major thoroughfares. Keystone is a community of staff and clients who work together to create a supportive environment for all who live there. The Keystone staff are exceptional. They are highly competent, focused, well organized, great at follow-through and genuinely care about the clients they serve. If you are looking for an outstanding sober living community, look no further than Keystone.

Highly recommend this sober home ... Excellent at what they do ... very comfortable environment…read more... it's a large home ... everyone in the home is very respectful to each other ... chores are shared ....

Db house has saved my life. The owner actually cares about the residents that he allows to live in…read morethe home. This includes things like ensuring bad apples can not bring down the overall group. Owner focuses on keeping people accountable for cleanliness and maintaining their own recovery. It is understood that we are going to live our lives, but we have to focus on recovery. Anytime appliances or issues arise in the house owner takes care of it as soon as he possibly can. I appreciate his concern for our living conditions when it comes to making sure our houses are livable. If you are in need of a place to change your life around, you are not going to find anywhere better than DB House!

To those who are recently in recovery- beware. There are serious problems at the DB House, and…read morevulnerable people with lives on the line, read carefully. This is not about the residents, who are overwhelmingly a solid group of recovering folks, struggling but mostly succeeding. Insect infestation (bedbugs)- the owner, MB, is a competent/astute businessman. Presumably, he did the same cursory research that anyone would and quickly discovered that in the event of a chronic/weeks- or months-long infestation, where residents are regularly getting bitten and the infestation transferred between residences, particularly in a group home setting, steaming etc is insufficient. The mattresses and bedding must be replaced. The resources appear to be available to resolve this, but he has failed to take these obvious steps, and the residents suffer. Lifestyle- On the positive side, substance use is not tolerated, and likely quickly detected and dealt with. However- the owner recently stood in front of more than 75 of his residents and told them, nearly word for word- legally, I can and will evict you in the middle of the night, purely at my discretion. Many have nowhere to go, and are terrified. Several of the residents have no apparent reservations about making near daily bigoted remarks. At first, in the midst of some of the house managers, I wrote it off as mere off-color jokes, nothing to warrant concern- "I don't like X nj town because of all the jews." When I realized that the last resident who had issues there (unrelated to a relapse) did not actually have the initials "JB," I had a better understanding of what was going on (yes, J bastard). Yes, this occurred repeatedly, often within earshot of owner/management. Given that, it's not necessary to describe the consequences of being suspected of having different spiritual/religious beliefs. There is little or no hesitation in placing people in potentially life-threatening circumstances (ie: recently abstinant from deadly synthetic opioids, and suddenly on the street). Questionably legal in an entity with a state certification, but certainly horrendous either way. Probably worse, in some instances with the full knowledge (and even encouragement and participation) of the house manager, I personally saw 10s of thousands of dollars gambled away (not a typo) by folks who need to be saving to get back to a productive life. Worse still- residents occasionally used passes not to visit family, attend job interviews or otherwise engage in their recovery, they were used to patronize prostitutes at a local hotel. This type of stuff is going to happen in early recovery, it's hardly the end of the world, but with the knowledge/consent of management? That's the culture at DB, coming from the top. Dangerous territory. Again, this is not on the residents, it's on management. Above is only the tip of a truly atrocious iceberg. The company appears to have managed to get other negative reviews removed. Yelp moderators will not flag or remove this one. Consumers have a right to know for instance if a restaurant is not cleanly. Prior to the board of health, boarding house licensing agency etc taking remedial action (or not), certainly vulnerable prospective residents MUST have access to this information. Lives are at stake.

As the previous reviewer noted, its really a rooming house (for men now) that requires urines on a…read moreweekly basis, but offers no support, classes, or anything like a community. The website claims there are relapse prevention, 1v1 counseling, group counseling, daily meetings, resume building, life building, a yoga room & "days out". I can verify that not a single one of those things are offered or exist. The clinical director (CD) is in Georgia & was supposed to run virtual group counseling sessions weekly, but this never happened. There was no individual or group support for clients at all. The treadmill is broken. There are free weights, but there is no space amongst the packed furniture to work out i.e. no 'workout studio'. It is a nice house, & most rooms are nice. The clients keep it clean. They did upgrade the internet and clients contributed to make the house's conditions better than most. I especially appreciated being able to have my own bedroom & freedom to have my own TV etc. There are 8 bedrooms for clients & 1 for the house manager (HM). At peak there were 6 clients, after I left 3 remain. The place claims to place a heavy emphasis on following a 12 step program. Yet the HM doesn't work any recovery program at all, no meetings, sponsor or step work. This is open knowledge to the clients, owners, & CD. Mostly, the HM was completely absent. When he wasn't at work, he'd be in his room with the door closed, or smoking on the back porch. I had a handful of conversations with him. He made all the right comments regarding brotherhood, encouraging each other, being there to pick you up when you've fallen etc. Literally days later he betrayed me in every possible way. Regarding the CD, it's more accurate to say there isn't one. When he was still in CT, he claimed to have designed and started the IOP program at the APT Foundation, among other prestigious accomplishments in the recovery community. This was demonstrated to be false the next day by a client attending the IOP at the APT Foundation who spoke with APT foundation management. I was told later by other clients and the HM that the CD made ridiculous claims all the time, and they were best ignored. The one interaction we had was his offer to write me a supportive letter. This never happened, despite following up several times. At best the CD is an absent, unsupportive, egomaniac with no knowledge of the individual needs & histories of his clients. At worst he is dangerously delusional. My main issue is personal but does illustrate favoritism, poor judgement, & unequal application of rules. For example, a client was allowed to use marijuana, & received no consequences he stealing the HM's medication in front of the HM & snorting it. Clients that relapsed, could have a range of consequences from none, forced IOP, forced back into inpatient, or expulsion in 'extreme cases'. Many clients had relapsed numerous times and were allowed extra chances. Consequences seem to be based on the mood of the HM. If he felt he had been lied to or manipulated he was vindictive and cruel. He thought I had abused one of my prescriptions, but I refused to admit to something I didn't do. He even said that if I admitted I had taken a few xanax & regretted it, we could move on with no consequences other than him keeping a closer eye on me. I was expelled after an instant drug test came back +ve for alcohol & THC (in contradiction to the house tests & totally separate from what had spawned the issue). I would think that any rational authority would wait for reliable results, or conclusive evidence before extreme action. The HM took contradictory results to management immediately. He could have waited a few days for the lab test results, had my room searched for evidence, or engaged with the clients I interacted with most to see if any of this made sense relative to my day to day behavior. Rather than protect me as he had with other clients I think he chose to throw me to the wolves with incomplete, unreliable information b/c he thought I had lied. I do know my doctor explained to both the HM & owners that instant results were notoriously unreliable, they knew lab results confirming the truth would be back within days, and they knew that suddenly removing all support, especially in such a traumatizing way nearly guarantees a tragic result. I got no apology when the lab results confirmed I was clean & telling the truth. Nor did the owner address my concerns about the HM & CD. I've heard the place is for sale so the owner's may have even less incentive to improve things. It's likely nothing will change, clients will remain at the mercy of a vindictive, absent HM, & delusional CD. The fact that there have been zero successful discharges in the past year tells you everything, if you're considering coming here to further your recovery.

It is a beautiful sober house in a great safe area convenient to everything, shops, beaches,…read morestores, doctors, bus lines, transportation, etc. very clean well kept and professionally run with a truly sober environment which is actually hard to find these days. I have been to many and they have been corrupt and ill managed. This is a diamond in the rough. I highly recommend it for women serious about their journey through their recovery. Lots of support, networking, references to local help and so much more.

This halfway house for parolees is literally worse than prison ..compared to multiple other halfway…read morehouses, it is so ridiculously filthy, underfunded, and abusive it should be shut down and condemned...exposed wiring dating back 20-50 years...walls and wall covers literally hanging off....floors have multiple and massive holes in them .. the showers are so rusty they are a health hazard..in addition they are exact replicas of prison showers, and the beds ARE prison issued....there is no central air and the conditions during hot months are brutally hot...the staff and management team are verbally, emotionally,and physically abusive to all clients each day....countless clients have returned to prison because they cannot take the level of abuse...being called names, put down, deliberately sabotaged with fake write-ups by staff causing continued loss of jobs....there are ZERO chances for clients success here unless they are only confined here extremely temporarily before discharge ....staff have quite in droves because the managers, Joanna and Tony, are so abusive and deliberately over extend their authority and the program rules that it makes them miserable....THE CONNECTION INCORPORATED runs this facility, and despite countless grievances by countless clients all corroborating each other's claims, will NOT acknowledge any wrongdoing by their staff or management team...they will not even attempt to change anything no matter what type of video, audio, or written evidence is submitted, and the state of Connecticut parole division, DPH, DOC, and local fire Marshalls willingly overlook everything. If this was a regular civilian apt building, the DPH, zoning, fire Marshalls, and other agencies would condemm this building...BUT because it's a state contracted facility it's overlooked...when will CT corruption END??!!

Best halfway house I've ever been in and I wasthere 3 times and everytime an amazing experience. I…read moremessed up after it wasn't there fault but great place to recover. Met alot of good people in my times there .if you need help and want too stop using drugs or drinking best place hands down

Love this place!!!! If you or someone you love has been impacted by addiction. This place can help!read more

Fresh Start Recovery Residence is a fancy name for an Aging House built in the 1800s. The property…read morehas been in foreclosure for well over 5 years, has no insurance, & is Barely Habitable. The "OWNERS" continue this farce on the internet which should be a Crime. They purposely list a false address because they don't want people to come to the"Real" location until they are Desperate & have been rejected by all other legitimate Sober Living Houses. Because Sober Houses are not regulated by the Federal or State Governments these certain places have no rules, no testing , & a laissez-faire attitude about Alcohol & Drug use in the house. This place does not operate to help Anyone with sobriety, only to collect large amounts of cash from desperate people. The management has an "Interesting " relationship with people at a government run program who have no idea of the Real conditions at the house. If you leave unexpectedly be aware you will be forfeited all personal items which they will not return. Stay Far Away from this Illegitimate "Business" & seek out one that is recommended by Legitimate Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Center. Best of luck with your recovery.