A New Direction Recovery Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

A New Direction Recovery is a men's sober living home in St. Petersburg, Florida, in Pinellas County. It is run by A New Direction, a nonprofit recovery housing organization that also operates a women's residence in the city under the same name.

A Men's Sober Living Home in St. Petersburg

This St. Petersburg sober house houses men only, and the organization keeps twenty-four-hour staff on site, a heavier level of supervision than many peer-run sober homes provide. Twelve-step meetings anchor the program, and residents attend educational groups as part of the weekly structure, which keeps the days organized around the program.

Staffed Recovery Housing Around the Clock

Around-the-clock staffing changes what a house can offer. Someone in the first weeks after treatment has support in the building at any hour, not only during a scheduled meeting or a manager's shift, and the organization pairs that staffing with medical and mental health services and free HIV, STD and Hepatitis C testing for residents.

A Certified Recovery Residence Administrator on Staff

Florida's Certified Recovery Residence Administrator credential, issued by the Florida Certification Board, is a personal credential: it establishes that whoever runs day-to-day operations has met the state's own training standard for managing recovery housing. A New Direction lists a CRRA-credentialed staff member among its team, a different and narrower claim than a residence-level certification, but a real credential behind the people running the house.

Recovery Housing in Pinellas County

St. Petersburg is the largest city in Pinellas County and sits across the bay from Tampa, giving residents of A New Direction Recovery access to two metro areas' worth of outpatient treatment, twelve-step meetings and entry-level jobs. The Suncoast's dense recovery community makes Pinellas County one of the more service-rich places in the state to rebuild a routine after treatment.