Shift Recovery Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Shift Recovery is a women's sober house in Athens, Georgia, in Clarke County. It holds Level II Type M (Monitored) certification through the GARR Network, accepts residents on medication-assisted recovery, and runs a program priced between $500 and $800 a month.

A Women's Sober House in Athens

Shift Recovery serves women in recovery under a monitored certification model, where residents carry most of the day-to-day accountability with house rules as the backbone. Athens is home to the University of Georgia and serves as the seat of Clarke County, giving residents access to a dense network of outpatient providers, transit and entry-level employment inside one compact city.

Support for Medication-Assisted Recovery

Shift Recovery accepts residents taking suboxone or methadone, a distinction that matters because acceptance is not universal in sober living. A woman managing opioid use disorder with a prescribed medication can lose that treatment along with her housing if a residence does not accommodate it, and this one does.

What GARR Level II Certification Establishes

Certification commits the residence to a published code of ethics, written disclosure of fees and house rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and outside complaint review. Georgia does not license recovery residences directly, so this record is what a resident can actually verify.

Recovery Housing in Clarke County

Athens-Clarke County's consolidated government and university-driven economy mean court services, treatment providers and public transit all sit close together, which matters for a resident rebuilding a routine without a car.