Sharpen Recovery

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!

“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.

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.

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