Our story
Built for the search no one wants to be doing.
A no-ads, no-referral-fee sober living directory for California.
Northstar Sober was built out of frustration. Finding a sober living home shouldn't require calling 40 numbers, half of which are disconnected, or navigating sites that are really just lead-gen operations dressed up as directories. Families in crisis deserve better. People trying to get their lives together deserve better.
We built Northstar Sober to be the directory we wished existed: cash-pay only, no referral fees, no ads, no pay-to-rank. Every listing is reviewed before it goes live. Operators list for free. Searchers search for free. Nobody is selling your information.
A north star is what you navigate by when everything else is uncertain. That’s what we’re here for — a fixed point to orient toward when you’re trying to find your footing.
What makes us different
No ads or referral fees
We don't take money from operators to rank their listings higher. What you see is what's there.
Every listing reviewed
We manually review every submission before it goes live. Fake listings and lead-gen traps don't make it through.
Free for everyone
Free to search. Free to list. No contracts, no monthly fees, no upsells.
A note from the team
We’re a small team. We don’t have investors or a growth deck. We have a directory and a belief that people in recovery deserve access to honest information. If you run a sober living home and want to list, it’s free and always will be.