About this Recovery House
Dry Tavern is a men's sober living home on Kanlow Drive in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County.
A Men's Sober House in Antioch
Every resident here is male, so the house runs on one set of rules for meetings, chores and curfew. Kanlow Drive sits in Antioch, a residential section of southeast Nashville built around Bell Road and the Hickory Hollow area, now redeveloped as Global Mall.
Antioch and Access to the Rest of Nashville
Bell Road and Interstate 24 both run through Antioch, giving a resident a direct route downtown, to Murfreesboro, or to the outpatient providers and job centers scattered across Davidson County. Nashville MTA bus service runs the Bell Road corridor, so a car is not the only way to keep an appointment or get to work.
What Tennessee Requires of Recovery Housing
Tennessee requires recovery residences to be certified, and two bodies certify homes in the state: the Tennessee Alliance of Recovery Residences and Recovery is the New High. Certification obliges a written code of ethics, disclosed fees and rules before move-in, a written relapse and discharge policy, and a complaint process outside the house.
What to Ask Before Moving Into This Nashville Sober House
Ask what the weekly fee covers, whether a house manager lives on site, what the curfew and chore rotation look like, how a positive drug test is handled, and whether medication for opioid use disorder is accepted. A men's recovery home in Davidson County should answer all five plainly.
SERVICES
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Serving is essential for developing responsibility and team building; therefore, residents participate in daily assignments and chores that result in a healthy living environment for both home and residents. Participating in numerous neighborhood projects further enhances the connection to community.
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Secondly, support services are built through individual mentoring, group sharing and problem solving. Each resident is paired with a sponsor who mentors, teaches and guides the resident to healthier choices.
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12-step programs (AA, NA, CA and others) and regular meetings are close to the home and easily assessable.
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Dry Tavern provides regular communication with families upon resident request to celebrate each milestone and recovery success.
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Transitioning from a treatment center back into the world can be challenging and overwhelming. Dry Tavern works with family residents to provide job assistance for those without work, to assist with instruction on filling out job applications and preparing for interviews while providing transportation for those without means to interviews, career opportunities, school, work or 12- step meetings.​
GUIDELINES
Dry Tavern believes that structure is essential to helping yourself.
Family residents are required to participate in a minimum of 5 meetings weekly. And new members should consider daily meeting up to 90 days.​
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Family will abide by all curfews, maintain a clean home through daily and weekly chores.​
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Family will work with others to create and maintain teamwork attitudes and accomplishments. ​
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Family will provide services to the entire recovery community through upcoming opportunity in the neighborhood.​
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Family will be expected to remain drug and alcohol free.
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Family will submit to mandatory drug screening weekly or as determined by the house manager
