About this Recovery House
A New Direction Sober House is a women's sober living home in St. Petersburg, Florida, in Pinellas County. The nonprofit organization behind it, A New Direction, also runs a men's residence in the city, keeping men's and women's housing separate under one program.
A Women's Sober House in St. Petersburg
Women living here share a single-gender house, with meetings, common space and staff supervision built around one population. The program runs on a twelve-step foundation and adds structured educational groups, so daily life alternates between meetings, group sessions and the ordinary business of holding down a job or a school schedule.
Twenty-Four-Hour Staff and Structured Programming
A New Direction staffs its houses around the clock, with more coverage than a single live-in manager alone, and it layers medical and mental health services on top of the housing itself, along with free HIV, STD and Hepatitis C testing for residents. That combination puts more support in the building at any given hour than a typical peer-managed sober house offers.
What a CRRA Credential Says About This Recovery Residence
Florida licenses individuals, not just houses, and the Certified Recovery Residence Administrator credential from the Florida Certification Board belongs to the person managing the program. A New Direction lists a CRRA-credentialed staff member on its team, a distinct claim from a residence certification, but a real, checkable qualification behind who is actually running the house.
Serving Pinellas County and the Tampa Bay Area
St. Petersburg anchors Pinellas County on the west side of Tampa Bay, and residents of A New Direction Sober House can reach outpatient providers, twelve-step meetings and entry-level work on both sides of the bay. The area's size and its dense concentration of recovery resources make it one of the more practical places in Florida to rebuild a routine after treatment.
More on the Sober House
Our Vision is Healing, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually occurs one day at a time sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, and more assuredly in a homelike, structured, supportive environment.
Others who took the first step
My name is Crystal H. I have gratitude and love for A New Direction for Women and Men Inc. that is deep and strong. I had almost a near-death experience and the structure that has been provided here has helped bring me back to life. I was broken, busted, and disgusted with my life and I called the Director Pam D. and she showed up where I was and showed me a love an agape type of love no other woman has ever shown before. This organization has shown me structure, unity and shown me how to live clean through the 12 steps. I am forever grateful for A New Direction and God for helping save my life.
-Crystal H.
