About this Recovery House
Recovery on Purpose is a sober living home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, the seat of Rutherford County. It is one of sixteen houses run by Threshold Recovery, which lists all of them in and around Murfreesboro and holds certification with the Tennessee Alliance of Recovery Residences. The house is operated by a certified operator working in Middle Tennessee's fastest growing county.
A Murfreesboro Sober House Inside a Sixteen House Network
Size changes what a resident can expect from a sober living home. Threshold Recovery keeps sixteen houses in one city, so an applicant who does not fit the first household is still inside the same organization, with the same staff reading the same application. That matters more in early recovery than most people expect. A move across town beats starting over with a new operator, a new deposit and a new waiting list, and it keeps a job, a sponsor and an outpatient appointment intact.
What Tennessee Recovery Residence Certification Establishes
Tennessee is one of the few states where certification carries legal weight. State law requires recovery residences to be certified, and referral partners working inside that law send people only to certified housing. Certification binds an operator to a published code of ethics, to written disclosure of fees and house rules before anyone signs, to a written policy covering relapse and discharge, and to a complaint process that reaches outside the house. The Tennessee Alliance of Recovery Residences lists Threshold Recovery among its certified organizations. For a family calling from another county or another state, that listing is a fact they can check, and not a claim they have to take on trust.
Recovery Housing in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County
Murfreesboro is the Rutherford County seat and the anchor of a county that has grown faster than almost anywhere in the state. Practical consequences follow for anyone in recovery housing here. Middle Tennessee State University, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, the county courthouse on the public square and a deep bench of warehouse, retail and hospitality employers all sit inside the city limits. The Rover city bus covers the main corridors, and Interstate 24 puts Nashville within an easy commute for work that Murfreesboro itself does not offer. A resident can satisfy a court date, keep a treatment appointment and hold a shift without leaving the county.
Applying to This Murfreesboro Recovery Home
Threshold Recovery does not publish the street address of individual houses, and placement runs through the operator instead of through the front door. Applications and openings go through the organization, which decides which of its houses suits the person applying. Anyone comparing options should ask the questions certification obliges an answer to: what the weekly fee covers, what the deposit is and how it is returned, whether a manager lives in the house, how bedrooms are assigned, what happens after a relapse, and whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted. Tennessee's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services maintains statewide recovery residence information for people working through that list.
At Threshold Recovery sober living, our residents learn that for long term recovery you need new tools that you can use in daily life. We know first-hand that although this is simple, it is not always easy process. The path we share with the men who live with us is based on the 12 Steps, successfully used in recovery programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous for over 83 years. In order to help achieve this goal, Threshold Recovery has in-house 12 step meetings as well-being conveniently located to several Alcoholics Anonymous and/or Narcotics Anonymous meetings and club houses.
Time is needed to create a solid, long lasting recovery. Threshold Recovery sober living teaches that true recovery requires rigorous honesty, taking personal responsibility for behavior and a commitment to helping others. Residents in each house learn to be supportive of each other in the difficult journey to a new life. Our homes are designed to create a sense of comfort and security that allows their clients to do the necessary physical, emotional and spiritual work that will bring about long term sobriety. A new life of new attitudes, new behaviors and new habits. The houses offer a warm, embracing, fully furnished place to live with a real sense of community and at a very affordable price.
Research shows that the 12 Step approach for alcoholism and addiction has been proven to be the most successful in producing long term results. Hundreds of thousands of once hopeless men and women around the world have stayed sober and gone on to embrace life with power, responsibility and courage. Daily attendance at 12-Step groups as well as utilizing spiritual teachers, workshops, retreats and seminars assist Threshold Recovery residents.
