Sober living near Somerset, NJ
A structured, substance-free home ten minutes from Somerset — over the county line, close enough that nothing else has to change.
Somerset — the Franklin Township side of the river — runs right up against New Brunswick along Hamilton Street. DB House sits about ten minutes away, which makes it the nearest structured sober living option for most of Franklin’s neighborhoods, from the Hamilton Street corridor down to Somerset Run.
The county line means nothing in practice. Residents from Somerset keep their jobs, their church, their family Sundays — and trade an unstructured living room for a house where the day has a shape and the door has a watcher.
What Somerset residents get here
Ten minutes on Hamilton Street
No highways needed — straight down Hamilton or Franklin Boulevard and you’re at the house.
Structure that holds
Wake-ups, chores, three verified meetings a week, random screening, 11 pm curfew. Every day, not most days.
A house doing the work
A full house of men working the same program, shared dinners, and a live-in manager who answers at 2 a.m.
From Somerset to the house
The county line is a technicality
Hamilton Street runs straight from the heart of Somerset into New Brunswick — about ten minutes to the house. Franklin Boulevard and Easton Avenue work just as well from other corners of the township.
That proximity keeps recovery logistics simple: same pharmacy, same doctors, same bus lines — with a completely different living environment underneath them.
What life at the house looks like
Wake-ups and chores before work. A weekly house meeting, dinner together most nights, three recovery meetings a week minimum, curfew at 11. A house manager lives on site and answers the phone at 2 a.m.
Directions from Somerset
Looking for a “halfway house” in Somerset?
“Halfway house Somerset NJ” is a phrase people reach for when they mean a safe, structured place to live sober. In New Jersey the actual halfway-house system is court- and corrections-run — you get placed, you don’t apply.
DB House is the thing you can apply to: a private sober living residence with real structure, ten minutes from Somerset. The guide below untangles the two terms.
Recovery meetings near Somerset
A sample of the AA and NA meeting landscape residents attend within a short trip of the house.
Schedules change — confirm times with the AA and NA meeting finders before attending.
Questions from Somerset families
Call, or have us call you
One conversation — where you are, what you need, whether this is the right house. If we’re not the fit, we’ll point you somewhere that is.
7 days a week, 8 am – 9 pm