About this Recovery House
Isaiah House is a men's sober house in Ellijay, Georgia, the seat of Gilmer County, serving men between the ages of 25 and 55 from a property on Old Highway 5 South.
A Men's Sober House on Old Highway 5 South
Ed and Sally Jeffery founded Isaiah House on August 21, 2008, after finding the Ellijay property just two days after deciding to start the program, and the house has run continuously since. It accepts men between 25 and 55, a narrower age band than many sober houses use, keeping residents at a similar life stage as they work through the program together.
Six Areas of Structured Recovery
Isaiah House organizes its program around six areas: continued sobriety, mental health, physical health, spiritual health, money management and manhood development, alongside employment skills. Programming includes twelve-step and scripture study, individual counseling, financial training and job preparation, giving the six-area framework practical content.
A 501(c)(3) Nonprofit With National Affiliations
The organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and holds memberships with the National Alliance for Recovery Residences, NAADAC, the Transitional Housing Offender Re-entry network and the Georgia Alliance to End Homelessness. That combination signals a program built to work with men coming from incarceration as well as from treatment.
Gilmer County Recovery Housing in the North Georgia Mountains
Ellijay serves as both Gilmer County's seat and its commercial center, and its location in the north Georgia mountains puts Isaiah House in a part of the state with comparatively few certified recovery homes, giving it a wide draw across the surrounding counties.
A Faith-Centered Approach for Men
Scripture study runs alongside the house's practical curriculum, fitting an organization whose founding is described in providential terms and whose program treats spiritual health as one of the six core areas a resident works on.
Isaiah House exists to help men with life controlling issues, such as drug and alcohol addictions as well as other issues by providing a healthy, balanced, structured environment for the whole man, addressing spiritual, physical, emotional, financial and legal issues.
Prospective residents should have completed a substance abuse program within last 6 months and be willing to continue in a transitional house that supports sobriety.
