Kelsey Gearhart has been sober for nearly a dozen years, but when she moved to Oklahoma a couple years ago she noticed a lack of support for women in early sobriety.
Leading with her heart, she opened Hart Recovery, a women-only sober living home in a quiet south Tulsa neighborhood, this past April. The residence has a house manager and room for nine clients, who pay $750 a month for the six-month to yearlong stay that Gearhart says is common.
Most clients come straight from a 30- to 60-day stay in detox, although Gearhart works on a case-by-case basis.
One young woman moved in on her first day of sobriety. Six months later Gearhart says this woman is still sober and “kicking butt.”…