Steps House

712 Boggs Ave Knoxville, TN 37920
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Steps House Rehabilitation Services TN 37920

About Steps House

Step House Rehabilitation Services is a men’s transitional living facility in Knoxville, Tennessee. This facility provides hope to those transitioning back into life after substance use, incarceration and homelessness. They provide a safe, drug free therapeutic environment that prepares men for reintegration into society and lasting recovery. Emphasis is placed on community engagement, independence and responsibility/accountability. Residents benefit from 24/7 staff support. Through group activities you’ll develop valuable life skills and relapse prevention strategies. The staff also assists with employment, housing navigation and transportation.

Three housing programs are available. This includes residential recovery programs, veteran programs and permanent supportive living programs. The latter provides affordable permanent residences for previously incarcerated individuals affected by mental illness or substance use disorder. Meanwhile, the veterans program offers short term, supportive housing to homeless veterans or those at risk of homelessness. The residential recovery program is the main transitional housing program for men in recovery. This highly structured housing program focuses on behavior modification.

To participate in this program you must commit to sober living and be willing to obtain or maintain employment. You must also commit to attending the Steps House Day program for the first 5 days as well as daily 12 Step meetings. The program lasts nine to 12 months depending on your unique needs.

If you want to achieve the highest level of independence, then consider the permanent supportive living program. This grants you a private room in a group house with shared bathrooms, a kitchen and laundry among others. Keep in mind that you must be homeless, previously incarcerated and affected by mental health issues or addiction to participate in this program. Comments from past clients reflect an overwhelmingly positive experience and impressive quality of care.

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Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

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Levels of Care

inpatient iconInpatient
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.
intensive-outpatient iconIntensive Outpatient
Clients in intensive outpatient programs (IOP) receive robust, personalized care to support their reintegration into their community. Clients stepping down from inpatient treatment frequently enroll in IOP before entering standard outpatient care or community-based recovery programs, such as AA. Intensive outpatient treatment generally involves between nine and 20 therapeutic hours weekly, with the frequency and duration of sessions decreasing as clients stabilize. IOP services commonly include counseling, recovery education, holistic therapies, and medication assisted treatment (MAT).
12-step icon12-Step
When enrolld in an addiction recovery program that's based on the 12 step model, clients are able to cultivate recovery-focused life skills emphasizing spiritual, mental, and emotional healing. Participants receive intensive peer support in 12 step meetings, which are anonymous, free, open to the public, and available day and night in most communities. Self-selected sponsors guide sponsees through the recovery journey, cultivating self-awareness, forgiveness, acceptance, and accountability. Though these programs are rooted in spiritual principles, participants aren't required to be religiously affiliated.
sober-living iconSober Living Homes
Sober Living Houses (SLHs), aka sober homes or halfway houses, are safe, substance-free, supportive living facilities for those recovering from substance abuse. Ideal for those who've just been through inpatient or outpatient treatment, SLHs are supervised environments with rules that support sobriety, such as curfews, shared chores, and therapeutic meetings. Residents are also often trained on life skills and coping skills to make it easier to transition into society. SLHs also provide a strong sense of community that can lead to the kind of deep and lasting connections with other sober individuals that supports a new, healthy lifestyle.

Treatments

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

When your day-to-day life is taken over by drug use, this is known as substance use disorder. If you abruptly stop using your drug of choice, you experience withdrawal symptoms. To overcome this cycle, professional drug rehab in Tennessee is usually needed.

A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.

Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.

Programs

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Adult Program
Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.

Clinical Services

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.

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Contact Information

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712 Boggs Ave
Knoxville, TN 37920

Fact checked and written by:
Chika Uchendu
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Believe me, because of the experience I lived in this place, they don't want to come to Steps House Rehabilitation Services. Most of the employees don't have education or training to be counselors, they all smoke cigarettes and do it in any area. If you really want to be sob ... Read More

Reviewed on 1/9/2019
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3.8 (43 reviews)
Jeremiah Harman
5 months ago
5

Ashley Teaster
5 months ago
4

Linda Mott (LMOTT)
6 months ago
4

Good reviews about this place. They run a good program for those seeking help.

Jonathan Garcia
8 months ago
5

Nina Bye
8 months ago
5

Brittany Denson
8 months ago
5

Nicholas Sutter
8 months ago
5

Misty Keith
9 months ago
4

mary comparoni
9 months ago
3

Recovery life
1 year ago
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Found a gabapentin pill in a container of markers that children ages 4-9 were using to color at a Recovery/Sobriety Halloween event held at 712 Boggs Ave/Steps house program which children were welcome to attend.This was a Halloween event, it would not have taken much for a child to mistake it as candy, which was being given out.I brought the pill to a woman who brushed it off and said it wasn't ill-intent.When I was an addict, it wasn't ill-intent, but wrong is wrong.A man standing next to her said "that looks like gabapentin" a known abused prescription drug; she says"oh that is mine".The man shook his head and continued cleaning up, wasn't rude or nasty acting and showed some understanding to my disgust and frustration.Gave her her pill back with markers; My daughter doesn't need to be touching anything in there at this point. I walked back over to my daughter who asked for another marker, I told her she could finish it home, but realized it wasn't our coloring book. I walked over to a different person standing next to her, who kind of gave direction through out the event, different guy standing on the other side of the gabapentin lady, who witnessed me giving her pill and markers back, who later claimed to be the owner but gave no name, a few folks said this persons name was Jody McClurg. I asked him if I could keep the coloring book to take home to avoid any trouble from the same woman as I was beyond grossed out and disappointed and honestly extremely hard for me to even look at at this point, he pointed at the gabapentin lady and said I would have to ask her. I responded, " I'm sure she wouldn't mind" considering the whole pill mixed in with markers issue. Jody started laughing and scoffing and asked who I was there with, I told him I heard of this event through the recovery community and was there with just my daughter and I. Mr. Jody continued with "you know you already brought up your concerns and you need to leave, or you will be escorted out, it's not like you found heroine in the markers" which I responded that "you can insult me about my concerns and sweep it under the rug all you want but that comment right there is a prime example that shows Steps program, and you, really don't stand for anything relating to recovery, your pretty gross to justify the situation in that manner" definitely with a raised tone at this pointHe told me I was going to be escorted out again, I laughed and said nothing else to him, walked back over to my daughter, she gave the book back and we walked to the car. Jody continued to walk over to my vehicle and said "like I said it's not like you found heroine" continuing to justify the gross misconduct from the lady and him as he continued his way to his green jeep he easily didn't need to come near me to get to. His character said alot. To see the CEO/owner Jody McClurg of Steps house behave like this, standing firm on the mentality and to repeat 'it's not like you found heroine in the markers, go ahead and call who you want, I'm the coordinator and CEO' and to think no one else is going to know because he is 'top dog', and to continue to run his mouth after I got to my car and was leaving as asked to moments ago, says alot about the reoccurring wreckless behavior, gross misconduct and lack of accountability goes against everything a person considered a pillar in recovery and owner/operator of a recovery program/halfway house should stand for. I'm sure if there's any cameras there, what I am saying will be found as the truth, but I am also sure Mr. Jody controls that tooStay away from this place and the people who represent recovery under the Step house name because none of this is what true recovery and sobriety is about. Will not be back to events here as they are not safe for recovering addicts and children. It's known that many residents at Steps house are continuing addiction with justifications of "well the doctor prescribed it to me" as it is but to witness this from the owner, I now no longer wonder why. He's a slumlord over a halfway house at best. Shameful

Danielle Braden
1 year ago
5

Love this place the girls that work there are amazing

Zach Northern
1 year ago
5

Best place to get sober full of good people alot of very knowledgeable people great minds discuss ideas small minds discuss people

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