About this Recovery House
Steps House Women's Residence - North Central Street is a women's sober house in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County, operated by Steps House, Inc.. It is a North Knoxville address, away from the operator's South Knoxville cluster.
A Women's Sober House on North Central Street
The house serves women. North Central Street is one of Knoxville's older commercial spines, running north from the downtown edge through the Happy Holler district and on into the residential neighborhoods beyond it. That gives this address something most recovery housing does not have: a walkable street with businesses, a bus line and a short trip downtown, in a part of the city where rents are still within reach of someone working an entry-level job.
The North Central Corridor and North Knoxville Sober Living
Knoxville Area Transit runs North Central Street and Broadway, the two corridors that connect North Knoxville to downtown and to Interstate 640. Old North Knoxville and Fourth and Gill, both historic residential districts, sit on either side. A resident can reach a grocery store, a pharmacy, a meeting and work without leaving the corridor, and downtown, with the Knox County courts and the county health department, is a short ride south. For a woman rebuilding a routine, a street that supplies all of that in one direction is worth more than a quiet cul-de-sac.
Knox County Recovery Housing and Regional Services
Knoxville is the county seat and the regional center for East Tennessee, so the outpatient providers, the hospitals, the courts and the largest employers are concentrated inside the city limits. Recovery housing in Knox County is spread across the older neighborhoods north and south of the Tennessee River, and this operator holds addresses on both sides. Women coming out of treatment in the counties around Knoxville tend to look at the city first, because it is the nearest place where a job, transport and an appointment slot exist together.
What to Ask This Women's Recovery Home
Tennessee requires recovery residences to be certified, and two bodies certify them, the Tennessee Alliance of Recovery Residences and Recovery is the New High. Ask which body certifies this house and ask to see it in writing, along with the fee schedule, the house rules, the relapse and discharge policy and the complaint process. Ask who is on site overnight, how bedrooms are assigned, whether there is a curfew, whether children can visit, and whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted.
