Still Waters Recovery

About Still Waters Recovery

Still Waters Recovery is a sober living operator running two single-gender campuses in Middle Tennessee, one for men in Lobelville and one for women in Pegram. Founded in 2009 with 14 beds, the organization has since graduated more than 1,000 people through a 12-step immersion model.

A Middle Tennessee Sober Living Operator

Still Waters runs recovery housing built entirely on peer experience: every staff member carries personal recovery history, and the organization structures each day, morning meditation, accountability groups, house responsibilities, around 12-step work.

Two Campuses, Two Counties

Still Waters Recovery for Men sits on Red Bank Creek Road in Lobelville, Perry County. Still Waters Recovery for Women sits on West Sears Road in Pegram, Cheatham County, roughly an hour away. Keeping the genders on separate campuses means each program answers to its own residents without the complications of a shared building.

A Peer-Led Recovery Philosophy

The organization draws its model from historical peer recovery traditions, including Bill and Lois Wilson's High Watch Farm and the Minnesota Model's emphasis on mutual support. That history is part of what the organization points to when describing its approach: a program built by people in recovery, for people in recovery.

From 14 Beds to a Two-Campus Program

Still Waters began in 2009 with a single 14-bed men's program and has grown into two campuses serving both men and women. More than 1,000 graduates over that span give the organization a longer track record in the state than most standalone sober living operators can show.

Rural Placement in Perry and Cheatham Counties

Both campuses sit in rural counties, well outside Nashville or Columbia proper, and that distance from an urban using environment is a deliberate part of the program's design. Pegram's location keeps the women's campus within reach of Nashville's larger service network, while Lobelville's greater distance suits men who need more separation from where their addiction took hold.

Applying to Still Waters

Men apply to the Lobelville campus and women to the Pegram campus, though both go through the same organization. The questions worth asking at intake follow from the program's model: how the 12-step schedule structures a typical day, what peer staffing looks like in practice, and how a resident who needs a longer stay or a different level of structure is handled within the two-campus system.