Oxford House - Kassius

Oxford House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that pioneered the concept of self-run, self-supported recovery homes for individuals recovering from alcohol and drug addiction, beginning in 1975 when residents took over a closing halfway house in Silver Spring, Maryland. With over 3,500 houses across 47 states and internationally, it provides community-based, supportive, and sober living environments where residents democratically manage their households, share equal expenses, and enforce a strict zero-tolerance policy for drug and alcohol use to ensure long-term sobriety. The evidence-based Oxford House Model emphasizes recovery through responsibility and replication, allowing members to stay as long as needed—averaging about a year but often longer—while fostering leadership, self-efficacy, and participation in AA/NA, resulting in sobriety rates exceeding 80% and improved employment and reduced incarceration outcomes as validated by extensive research from DePaul University and others. Targeting recovering alcoholics and addicts, including those with co-occurring mental health issues, veterans, women with children, and special populations, Oxford House promotes autonomous yet interconnected chapters and associations for mutual support, replication of new houses, and alumni involvement to sustain a network that has helped hundreds of thousands achieve comfortable sobriety without relapse.