Hello House Men

Hello House — Massachusetts Avenue — Boston

HELLO HOUSE — MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE

Hello House for Men, located in the South End of Boston, is dedicated to returning men to the community sober, employed and committed to an ongoing recovery process.

Funded by the Department of Public Health

Why we're different from some other programs . . .

intensive clinical case management
monthly on site medication evaluation
individual one on one counseling
three phase program including one hour a week of group counseling

The treatment environment is firmly grounded in the teachings of Alcoholics Anonymous. Group, individual and family counseling are utilized to educate and actively engage residents in issues that support recovery.

Our Approach

To acquire sober living skills, one must pursue a positive program for sobriety. Hello House provides a structured opportunity for clients to demonstrate an acceptance of addiction and a commitment to change. In addition to active involvement in the AA/NA study and daily practice, men in the house participate in educational seminars on alcoholism, drug dependency, relapse prevention and issues of early sobriety. For more information or to make referrals click here.

12 Suggested Steps to Recovery

12 Steps to Recovery
12 Suggested Steps to Recovery

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

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