Phoenix Rising Sober Living - Briarcliff Men's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Phoenix Rising Sober Living - Briarcliff is a certified men's recovery home in Florence, South Carolina, in Florence County. It is the men's residence in a two house operation and is listed by the South Carolina Alliance for Recovery Residences. The address is not published, and placement runs through the operator.

A Men's Recovery Home in Florence

The household is men only, which settles shared space, house meetings and rules in a single decision. The operator admits men at any point in the process, from a direct step down out of inpatient treatment to someone starting recovery from nothing, and builds the house around accountability to the other residents.

What an Abstinence-Based Sober House Requires

Medication-assisted treatment is not accepted here. That condition is stated up front, and it should be settled before an application goes in. Men prescribed buprenorphine or methadone will find certified houses accepting all forms in Columbia, Cayce and Charleston.

Sober Living in the Pee Dee Region

Florence anchors the northeastern quarter of the state, where Interstates 95 and 20 meet. Distribution centers, hospitals, retail and the two colleges supply most of the entry-level work available for a hundred miles, and the county courthouse and probation office sit in the same city. For a man from Marion, Dillon, Kingstree or Lake City, moving to Florence is often the only way to have work, treatment and a meeting schedule in one place.

What Certification Establishes for This Recovery Residence

Certification under Act 160 of 2024 commits the house to written fees and rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, a published code of ethics, and complaints reviewed outside the household. It also allows courts, probation and state agencies to place men here, which South Carolina permits only in credentialed housing.