About this Recovery House
Palm House Addiction Recovery Centers is a coed sober living home in Athens, Georgia, in Clarke County. It is a certified recovery residence built around the belief that, in the founders' words, the opposite of addiction is connection.
A Coed Sober House on Oglethorpe Avenue
This recovery home in Athens houses men and women together under one roof, with staff on site around the clock instead of a rotating house manager. Oglethorpe Avenue sits close to downtown Athens and the University of Georgia campus, putting outpatient providers, meetings and entry-level work within walking distance or a short drive.
Certification Through GARR, THOR and RPH
Palm House Addiction Recovery Centers carries approval from the Georgia Association of Recovery Residences, along with THOR and RPH recognition. Georgia does not license recovery residences the way it licenses clinical facilities, so these approvals are the record a prospective resident can actually check: a commitment to published standards and outside oversight, not a landlord's word alone.
Around-the-Clock Staffing
Residents here are monitored by staff at all hours instead of relying on peer accountability alone, a level of structure closer to a supervised residence than an unstaffed sober house. That staffing model tends to suit someone earlier in recovery, or coming directly out of treatment, who wants more support built into daily life.
Recovery Housing in Athens and Clarke County
Athens is the seat of Clarke County and home to the University of Georgia, which means the city carries a deep bench of outpatient counselors, physicians and entry-level employers inside a compact footprint. A resident at Palm House can reach most of what a recovery plan requires, court dates included, without leaving the county.
Applying to Palm House Addiction Recovery Centers
Applicants work directly with Palm House Addiction Recovery Centers and should expect questions about current sobriety, any co-occurring alcohol or drug use, and comfort with a staffed, coed household before being accepted.
What we do
The Palm House is a peer based "Social Model" recovery program, which emphasizes the process of relearning responses to challenges, stresses and anxieties through "doing" and "experiencing" things in a new way and by watching positive role models. Our staff monitors operations and residents and enforces structure through our house rules.
The Palm House works closely with judges and probation officers to insure that our clients remain clean and sober while they learn the skills and develop the tools to become productive citizens.
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