The Porch House
Our first home · now opening
Fresh Ground Sober Living
Second chances are a birthright, not a favor.
Modern sober living for people ready to face what's underneath the substance — with housing, structure, and community that treat them with honor and integrity until they're back on track.
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We believe drugs are rarely the whole problem — they're what people reach for when life hands them something they can't face alone. Fresh Ground goes after the core, and gives people a safe, dignified place to stand while they do it.
Why Fresh Ground
Supportive enough to stay. Structured enough to change.
Structured, not institutional
Clear house standards, curfews, and testing — held with warmth instead of punishment.
Homes you're proud of
Real houses with real light, clean rooms, and a kitchen where people actually gather.
Peer accountability
House meetings, mentorship, and a community that notices when you go quiet.
Back to real life
Employment support, life skills, transportation help, and a plan for what comes next.
The journey of growth
Root. Grow. Stand.
01
Root
Stabilize. Safe address, routine, testing, and a bed that's yours.
02
Grow
Work the core. Therapy, meetings, employment, and life skills.
03
Stand
Launch. Savings, transportation, housing plan, alumni network.
Our founder
Liz built the place she needed.
Liz lived inside addiction from the other side of it. Her ex-husband was a substance user, and she survived abuse and sexual assault in that home. She got out — and then she made a decision that shaped everything after it: to stop treating the drug as the whole story and start working on the thing underneath it.
People reach for substances when they can't face what's real. Grief, trauma, shame, exhaustion. Fresh Ground exists to give people a safe address, a real routine, and people who won't flinch — long enough to do that work.
"Everyone has the birthright to recover, to have resources, and to live with honor and integrity until they get back on track."
Our home
A place that feels like a home, run like a program.
The Kitchen Table
Shared common house · coffee always on
Quiet Rooms
Shared rooms · linens and essentials provided
Just opening
Our first house is getting ready to welcome residents.
Founder-run
Liz is on the ground every day, not behind a desk somewhere.
Every dollar
Donations go straight to housing and move-in scholarships.
What you can expect
"You won't be a problem to be managed. You'll be a person with a schedule, a room, and people who know your name."
"Small on purpose. One house means nobody slips through the cracks and nobody goes unnoticed."
"Come in with a duffel bag. Leave with a job, a savings plan, and a next address you chose yourself."
$250 covers a full week of housing for someone who has nowhere to go.
Every dollar goes to beds, move-in scholarships, and keeping the lights on in our homes.
The shop
Wear it quietly. Fund it loudly.
Fresh Ground Mug
$22
Sprout Heavyweight Tee
$34