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Structured Sober Living in Connecticut at
RIGHT
PATH
HOUSE
On the beautiful Long Island Sound shore, we own and operate two gender-specific sober living homes in Connecticut: a men's and a women's home in Clinton and Madison. In safe, certified, and comfortable sober houses, we offer a recovery community where we get well, have hope, and find purpose.
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More Than a Safe Home — A Sober Place to Belong, Grow, and Lead
Our Connecticut sober living homes are supportive and structured. You can rebuild your life, connect with others who understand your journey, and turn sobriety into a life worth living with a confident, lasting recovery.
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Your Story Matters
We believe sober housing can be more than what it's been in the past. Here, sobriety is not just a rule to follow — it’s the foundation for building your life recovery as a lived identity. Your story is welcomed, valued, and woven into a community that thrives on connection, accountability, and hope. We're 12-step based with wrap-around professional services. What unites any 12-step community? It's the deeply human search for connection, meaning, and sustainable transformation that's provided and witnessed within a fellowship of equals, one day and one story at a time. In-house, we actively create connection through our shared dinners and morning meetings for those not at IOP. Plus, house outings to the beach, hiking trails or enjoying any one of the interesting activities in the greater New Haven/Connecticut Shore area. We're also host to our local women's AA community by opening our doors to a Women's Speaker Meeting every Wednesday evening.
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Our Culture
Committed to safety and respect, all our communication practices are trauma informed. Our coaches engage in on-going training because our goal is a culture where honesty is met with support and even the smallest demonstration of courage is recognized. Our culture is also supported by our on-going requirement that everyone of us, from staff to residents, be engaged with an experienced therapist and 12-step sponsor.
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Our Approach
Our approach empowers adults in recovery by providing a safe, CTARR certified, sober living home in Connecticut where gentle structure, peer and professional leadership, and compassionate accountability converge. We commit to helping you with coaching, finding wraparound clinical, and accessible supports—including neurofeedback, the horse farm, volunteer or work opportunities, and 12‑step integration—so residents rebuild their best life through stability, purpose, and lasting wellness. We honor dignity, find the positive outcomes, and partner with families and communities to turn recovery into a durable path forward.
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Our Value
We create our value through our sober homes' atmosphere and that's created with our houses' offering mostly private rooms and ensuite baths, our family coaching, our program's structure, our proximity to experienced clinical support, our locations in towns on the Connecticut shoreline, and our skilled coaches. Our coaches go through a training program that allows them to de-escalate, offer compassion with accountability, and motivate residents to use their authentic voice. We're always moving toward recovery.
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Our Science ​
We crafted our sober living Connecticut based program on the decades of research that SAMHSA provides on long-term recovery. There are four main stays, or pillars: (1) a community of peers, (2) a sense of purpose, (3) safety for a recovering person in the house and (4) a program of wellness that encompasses a whole life. We've also found Neurofeedback to help residents that have a history of multiple rehab experiences only to drink and get high again. It's an optional add-on that's conveniently located onsite. Neurofeedback trains brain activity using real-time feedback to improve emotional regulation and reduce hyperarousal, which can lower symptoms of anxiety and impulsivity. In PTSD, neurofeedback can help stabilize neural patterns linked to hypervigilance and sleep disruption. Neurofeedback is most effective when used alongside trauma-focused therapy as part of a coordinated treatment plan.
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In addition to working with their coach, we believe that each person also needs a clinician and a sponsor with whom they truly and genuinely connect. We hand-pick clinical specialists from the surrounding area for in-person and for virtual, the selection extends to the entire state of Connecticut. Sponsors are chosen by the resident within the first few weeks. There are two recommended intensive outpatient services near us and many opportunities for work. No matter what, the resident has the final word in their choice.
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Our Collaboration
We partner closely with hand-selected rehabs to create a seamless continuum of care that honors each resident’s dignity and practical needs. We coordinate with rehabs for a smooth bed-to-bed transfer. Residents move from the intensive care phase of their recovery journey into our community‑based sober house CT setting without losing momentum. Our collaboration includes coordinating clinical recommendations, bed-to-bed transfers, and shared relapse‑prevention strategies.
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Our Credentials
We are CTARR certified, referred to by major rehabs in the tri-state area, and also have been featured in an NPR article as a "Sober House Trying to Make A Difference". Read here about our trying to change the status quo and improve sober living. We are also certified by Connecticut sanctioned CTARR, the Connecticut Association of Recovery Residences, which is part of the nationally recognized standard bearer for all levels of sober homes, the National Association for Recovery Residences or NARR. Read here what our former residents say about us.
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Right Path House is a private‑pay residence because we invest in experienced, trauma informed coaching staff, exceptional housing locations, and offer therapeutic amenities that directly support lasting recovery. Our homes are located in welcoming and secure, Connecticut 'Shore' neighborhoods with comfortable shared and private spaces that reduce stress and promote community. The monthly rate reflects that combination of skilled staff, convenient locations, and practical amenities—an investment in a safer, more predictable pathway to sustained recovery.
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Co-Founders are Lisa Ferguson and Rob Schiffer and a host of supportive people with a few rehabs that took a chance on us when we first started in 2015. With backgrounds in personal recovery, personal family recovery, business, insurance, education, and their love for science, horses, construction, non-profits and 12-step recovery, hope arrives as we put our all care and skills into use. ​​​​​
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Recovery Residence
for Men
Right Path House
Recovery Residence for Women
2025
"Where do I even begin? It's only been 5 months and look where I am! Where will I be in another five months? The sky is the limit!"
2023
"Right Path House didn’t just give our son a place to live—he has changed. The structure provided safety, but it was the community that truly helped him to grow and be the guy he now is.
2021
"You could tell we all connected and it made sobriety feel so much easier for me. Pat has this way of offering accountability that doesn’t make me feel bad in any way, and that’s what made the difference for me. The women in the house remind me - that I'm a good person - despite what I'm thinking.
2016
"I didn’t trust anything...in the beginning. I trust you now! I don’t pretend to have it together—I just show up now. I hope you know how much you and the house helped change my life. "
2015
I’d thought taking care of myself meant it's ok to stay isolated. Every time I’d start anything, something was wrong, and I would stop. Here, it wasn’t about that, it was about just doing it.
