Sharpen Recovery

Here’s Cody — our Chief Program Officer and one of several tour guides this week as the Sharpen staff hosted Site Visit Week. Over a three-day period, 20+ organizations came to see one of our newest homes and discuss how we can link arms to serve men and women across the city who are struggling with alcoholism and addiction.

Sharpen is honored to engage with an abundance of great organizations. We provide an essential part of the continuum of care through recovery housing — and we’re grateful to partner with others across the city who carry out the many other vital roles in that continuum.

Most of the men and women at Sharpen come to one of our 17 locations across Greater Houston after completing inpatient treatment. While living in our homes, many engage in outpatient clinical programs, and those who choose become part of local churches.

This week was special for us to deepen relationships and begin new ones.

Here are the organizations who participated in Site Visit Week:

Christ the King
La Hacienda
Suarez Recovery Services
Westpark Springs
Houston’s First Baptist Church
Union Church
Positive Recovery Centers
The Council on Recovery
The Menninger Clinic
Acute Medical Detox Stabilization Program
Serenity Light Recovery
Arise Recovery Centers
The Meadows
Magnolia City Detox
Sunshine Behavioral Health
Grace Fellowship
Luna Recovery
Harmony Grove Behavioral Health
Shine Bible Fellowship
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church-MDPC
Champion Forest Baptist Church
Foundry Church

We asked our team of Program Managers a hard but necessary question:

“What lies do we tell ourselves in functional alcoholism to justify or deny our addiction?”

Here’s what Lailie Strech, our Women’s Program Manager shared:

“I told myself I wasn’t an addict because I was still “functioning”- holding a job, never lost custody, etc. Since I would bounce around from drug to drug, I told myself that meant I wasn’t addicted to anything.”

At Sharpen Recovery, we know how convincing the word “functioning” can be. Outwardly, all appears fine while inwardly, we feel the dysfunction of our dependency. Freedom begins when we are honest about the contradiction. Through structured housing, daily support, and Christ-centered community, we walk with men and women across the Greater Houston area as they move from managing appearances to building lasting sobriety and real freedom.

Learn more and get involved at our website.