The Middle Path - Turtleback Home Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

The Middle Path - Turtleback Home is a certified women's sober living home in Charleston, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It supports women recovering from addiction and mental health challenges, has a full-time live-in peer leader, and sits three miles from downtown Charleston. The house number is not published.

A Women's Sober House Using DBT and Holistic Practice

The program combines dialectical behavior therapy with holistic practices, which is an unusual pairing to find inside recovery housing. DBT gives residents concrete tools for distress tolerance and emotional regulation, and the house builds around that with art therapy, money management classes, food and mood workshops and seasonal cooking classes. For a woman whose substance use sits alongside a mental health diagnosis, that combination addresses both.

Structure and Accountability in This Recovery Residence

A full-time peer leader lives in the house. Residents are expected to attend recovery meetings, with AA, NA, Dharma and SMART Recovery all named as acceptable pathways, and to obtain a sponsor while pursuing work, school or volunteering. Weekly house meetings and in-home AA meetings run alongside case management. Attendance at an intensive outpatient program is encouraged, in person locally or virtually.

Recovery Housing Within Reach of Downtown Charleston

The location is genuinely walkable for early recovery. An AA clubhouse is within walking distance, grocery stores, medical providers and IOP programs sit about a mile out, employers line the Savannah Highway corridor a block away, and downtown Charleston is three miles off. Bus lines run nearby, the house provides bicycles, and parking is available for residents who have a car.

Medication Policy at This Charleston Sober Living Home

The house does not accept medication-assisted treatment. A woman prescribed buprenorphine or methadone will need a different residence, and several certified houses in Charleston County accept all forms. Certification through the state affiliate commits this home to written fees and rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and complaints reviewed outside the house.