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Lasting Sobriety & Freedom Through Recovery Housing.

05/20/2026

Our very first recovery home for women, established in 2021, served us well, but we outgrew it and needed to relocate.

Now take a look at our newest Sharpen Recovery home! Just as before, this home will be a refuge of recovery for our female participants. As you can see, through an ongoing, much-appreciated partnership with Finishing Touch, the home is beautifully decorated, skillfully functional, and wonderfully inviting!

04/17/2026

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

04/01/2026

“A year ago, I was not ready to commit. Today, I’m sober, growing in faith, and rebuilding my life for my son.”

Alexa shared this with us as she reflected on the long road that led her from instability, addiction, and repeated overdoses to lasting recovery. After years of substance abuse, jail time, and countless attempts at treatment, Alexa came to Sharpen Recovery in April 2025 ready to fully embrace the program and the life God was calling her toward.

Today, she is one year sober, serving as a Peer Coordinator in her Sharpen home, growing in spiritual strength, and caring for her eight-year-old son after regaining custody. She now hopes to one day open recovery homes of her own so she can help others find the same hope and stability she has found.

Read Alexa’s full story on our Stories blog, link in bio.

03/24/2026

Attention treatment centers and church local missions! Join us for a guided tour of a Sharpen Recovery home. Hear inspiring participant stories, ask questions, and discuss how we can partner.

Multiple days and times to choose from. Email Laura to reserve your spot: [email protected].

03/20/2026

I love C12 but truthfully I have only been to a single C12 meeting and I was a guest that day. This was a little over two years ago. Shari Wood was there and I happened to sit next to her.

She was processing a challenging business situation that the software company she was working for at the time was going through. She was getting feedback from peers in the room, other business leaders, about how to handle it. I got to contribute to the conversation and it seemed clear that each of the solutions she was considering would lead to her no longer working at the company.

At the same time, I was at a point in the life of Sharpen where I knew we needed a rockstar Chief Operating Officer. Sharpen had grown rapidly over four years to operate sixteen recovery houses at the time. Our ambitions remained giant for where we wanted to go and for the standards we expected in the day to day operation, but we knew we needed the right kind of help to manage it all well.

Shari and I hit it off immediately and began discussing the potential role at Sharpen. We quickly worked through the details of a job description, and we were both so excited about this role and what it could provide for the mission of Sharpen.

Here we are two years later and Shari has exceeded our expectations, and the way Sharpen operates is hardly recognizable. Shari’s 25+ years at Deloitte, her experience managing a software company, and her consistent drive to learn, improve, and execute at a high level have been something we’ve seen as only the goodness and faithfulness of God could have provided.

Shari, happy two-year anniversary, and thank you for choosing to give your best to this mission. We have benefited in extraordinary ways because of your commitment to building this organization with us, and doesn’t it feel like we’re just getting started?

Can’t wait to keep working with you.

— Nick L

03/18/2026

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 Daulton Bruner, our Men’s Program Manager shared:

“We can beat this our way. That I will change my actions the next time. That this isn’t as big of a problem as others think it is.”

At Sharpen Recovery, we often see how the belief that we can handle things “our way” keeps people stuck longer than they expect. The promise to change next time or minimize the problem can feel reasonable in the moment, but it delays the kind of surrender that leads to real progress. Lasting recovery begins when we stop negotiating with the problem and start addressing it directly.

Through structured housing, daily support, and a Christ-centered community, we walk with men and women across the Greater Houston area as they move from cycles of intention and relapse into consistent, sustainable sobriety. Learn more and get involved at our website.

03/12/2026

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.

03/10/2026

A few Sharpen participants spent Sunday morning together at Union Houston Church. We encourage all of our participants to spend time like this: going to church together, catching up, and being part of a faith community.

Recovery is easier when you walk it with others, and we’re so glad to be able to provide an environment where that kind of community takes shape!

03/05/2026

Congrats on 4 years with Sharpen, Cody.

Cody Thomas is someone I look up to in many ways. He has been an anchor for Sharpen — a believer in our mission and, more importantly, a believer in the participants we serve. We’re blessed to have him as our Chief Program Officer.

Cody, I’m so glad I took you under my wing years ago — it’s been a gift from God to work alongside you. God has used you to help build this organization into what it is today. You’re a highly honorable man with integrity. God has big plans for you and great favor on your life.

— Nick Long, CEO

03/04/2026

“I want to stay sober and stay connected with God so I can be there for my kids.”

David graciously shared this with us as he reflected on his journey out of addiction and into restoration. After years of substance abuse that cost him his career, education, and relationship with his children, David made the decision to enter treatment on August 3, 2025. He later moved into a Sharpen Recovery home to protect and strengthen his sobriety.

Today, he is rebuilding what addiction once stole, including a renewed relationship with his daughter and a steady commitment to show up for his family.

Read David’s full story on our Stories blog:
https://www.sharpenrecovery.org/post/a-second-chance-at-fatherhood

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