First Step House of Orange County

For You

The First Step House offers a safe, comfortable, healing environment for you to begin the process of recovery.

For a Loved One

The First Step House can be the wake up call that saves your loved one. Help them learn to live a happy, healthy life.

For a Client

Our 12-step treatment program aims to improve healthy outcomes and lay the foundation for recovery.

We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step One
Step One"How It Works"
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Step Two
Step Two"How It Works"
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Step Three
Step Three"How It Works"
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step Four
Step Four"How It Works"
Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Step Five
Step Five"How It Works"
Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Step Six
Step Six"How It Works"
Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Step Seven
Step Seven"How It Works"
Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step Eight
Step Eight"How It Works"
Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Step Ten
Step Ten"How It Works"
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Step Eleven
Step Eleven"How It Works"
Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Step Twelve
Step Twelve"How It Works"

Tour Our Facilities

Charle Street

Charle Street is a “short term residential facility for men struggling with alcohol and who have little to no resources. Also known as “First Step House Of Orange County”, Charle Street has space for up to twenty-one recovering alcoholics.

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McMillen House

McMillen House at 2525 Charle Street is open to serve men new in recovery up to their first six months of sobriety. To be admitted men must meet and adhere to the following simple requirements:

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Plumer Street

McMillen House at 681 Plumer Street is available to individuals in the next phase of their sobriety, so they can continue to integrate back into society. To be admitted men must meet and adhere to the following simple requirements:

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HELP US KEEP THE FIRST STEP HOUSE OF ORANGE COUNTY HOMES FREE FOR THOSE IN NEED.
The First Step House of Orange County Inc is a registered 501(c)3, a qualified public charity and non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers.  All contributions to First Step House of Orange County Inc., EIN 23-7369640, are tax deductible.  Your contributions, and others like it, help to assist men suffering from alcoholism begin their recovery and integration back into society.

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🎉 Join Us for the 28th Annual Charle St. Chili Cook Off & Picnic!


Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 28th from 11 AM to 4 PM at Estancia Park in Costa Mesa. Enjoy a day of delicious chili, family games, raffle prizes, and community fun — all while supporting The First Step House of Orange County. Admission includes drinks, popcorn, and a snowcone!

🎟 $10 Adults | $5 Kids | $25 to Enter the Cook Off (call 714-813-3526)

Come hungry, bring your friends, and support a great cause! 🔥

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