The First Step House of Orange County, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that oversees the Charle Street and Hamilton House social model recovery facilities in
Costa Mesa, CA. These facilities serve the local community by assisting indigent men who have severe drinking problems.

Charle Street is a short-term residential facility that provides room and board for up to twenty-one recovering alcoholics. It is the only facility of its kind in Orange County that offers this type of service and care, free of charge, to the men it serves.

All men are welcome at Charle Street as long as they are ready to make commitments to both sobriety and to a ten-day stay at the facility. As a condition, all men must totally abstain from alcohol and also begin work in a Twelve-Step program while in the house.

Charle Street is managed by an all-volunteer committee of sober, kind and devoted men. The majority of these Committeemen are former residents; now active and productive members of the community
they gratefully serve.

Hamilton House provides affordable medium-term housing for up to twelve newly recovering alcoholics. It provides a sober, structured environment that assists men in building a firm foundation for their continued long-term sobriety and personal growth.