Never Alone Home 1 Women's Recovery House

About this Recovery House

Never Alone - Home 1 is a women's recovery residence in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County. It is operated by Never Alone, a nonprofit transitional housing program founded by Elisabeth Feggans, a woman who has been in recovery since November 2003.

A Women's Sober House in Knoxville

This sober living home serves women only, and the single-gender structure keeps meetings, chores and shared space oriented around one population working through similar circumstances. Residents share responsibility for the household while rebuilding the routines that support work, school or reconnecting with family. Knoxville Area Transit reaches most of the city's job centers and outpatient providers, which matters for a resident starting over without a car.

How Never Alone Runs Its Recovery Housing

Never Alone was built on the idea that a woman leaving treatment or incarceration needs more than a bed. She needs accountability from people who understand what she is doing. The organization's board pairs professionals in counseling and nonprofit management with women who have lived through addiction themselves, and that mix shapes daily life in the house. The stated goal is helping residents become productive members of their community, not simply housing them until a program ends.

Knox County Recovery Housing

Knoxville is the seat of Knox County and the largest city in East Tennessee outside Chattanooga, with a concentration of treatment providers, courts and employers that draws people rebuilding their lives from across the region. A woman coming out of a Knox County jail diversion program or an East Tennessee treatment center is likely to land in Knoxville simply because the services she needs exist here and often do not in smaller surrounding counties.

Never Alone's Second Knoxville Home

Never Alone operates a second women's residence in Knoxville alongside this one, giving the organization room to separate residents by where they are in the program without sending anyone outside the city. A woman who outgrows one house's structure can move to the other without losing the same staff, board and community connections that already know her.