Magdalene House of Charleston Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Magdalene House of Charleston is a certified women's recovery home in Summerville, South Carolina, in Dorchester County. It is a nonprofit, abstinence-based residence serving women in recovery including survivors of trafficking, and it appears on the South Carolina Alliance for Recovery Residences registry. The address is not published.

An Abstinence-Based Women's Sober House

The house is abstinence-based and does not accept medication-assisted treatment. That is a clear line, and it should decide the question early for anyone prescribed buprenorphine or methadone, several certified houses in the Charleston area accept all forms. For a woman whose recovery plan is abstinence-based, a household where everyone shares that framework removes a running argument.

Life Skills in a Nonprofit Recovery Residence

Residents are given the chance to recover and to learn life skills in a safe environment with encouragement, accountability and structure. Nonprofit operation matters here in a practical sense: fees are set to cover costs, which usually means a lower weekly rate and more flexibility for a woman arriving without savings.

Recovery Housing in Summerville and Dorchester County

Summerville sits at the top of the Charleston metro, spanning Dorchester, Berkeley and Charleston counties, with its historic core and most of its population in Dorchester. Trident Health's Summerville hospital, the Dorchester County court complex and the retail corridor along Main Street and North Main are all local, and downtown Charleston is thirty minutes down Interstate 26. Certified beds for women in Dorchester County are few.

What Certification Establishes for This Sober Living Home

Certification commits the residence to written disclosure of fees and rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, a code of ethics, and complaints reviewed outside the household, and it makes the beds available to women referred by the courts or a state agency.