U Turn For Christ Tennessee

Greeneville, Tennessee

1160 Black Road
Greeneville TN, 37743

About U Turn For Christ Tennessee

U Turn For Christ is a residential Christian discipleship ministry that offers faith-based drug rehab services for adult men seeking drug and alcohol addiction recovery in Greeneville, Tennessee. This ministry offers rehab services in two phases. Phase one involves military-style residential treatment, and phase two involves outpatient treatment.

The residential treatment program at U Turn For Christ requires patients to live in military-style quarters. During the day, patients will be involved in voluntary community service, daily chores, and Bible study. It’s worth noting that the residential recovery program is wholly based on the Word of God, and you reach sobriety through faith-based therapies. In addition, individuals have to remain in the residential program for two months to a year.

Their outpatient program is designed to help patients become more productive and vital members of their communities, churches, workplaces, schools, and society while helping them strengthen their relationship with God. There’s individual and group counseling, with the Holy Scripture being the main focus point to set individuals free of their addictions. Those enrolled can remain at the facility and pay a monthly donation, but they must remain for up to six months.

As a faith-based substance abuse treatment provider, U Turn For Christ offers various ways to pay for treatment and can accept many major insurers. Those wanting to enroll should speak with the ministry and their insurer to determine if they have insurance coverage. Alternatively, out-of-network benefits might come into play, or self-pay may be preferable.

Payment Options

Private insurance
Self-pay options
Financial aid

Levels of Care

Inpatient Rehab

Inpatient rehabs are designed principally for clients who require intensive supervision and support, including clients who have just completed detox, clients in early recovery, and clients at an elevated risk of relapse. Inpatient treatment helps clients stabilize following detox and prepares them to step-down into outpatient and/or community-based care. Clients reside at the facility for the duration of their program and engage in extensive addiction counseling and education. Many programs also offer evidence-based complementary therapies.

Aftercare

Clients receiving support in a rehab aftercare program typically have abstained from drugs or alcohol for a period of weeks or months and have completed high-level (often inpatient) treatment. Drug rehab aftercare is designed to support clients in maintaining their sobriety as they re-engage with their ordinary lives at home, in the workplace, and in the community. Services are highly individualized and evolve with clients' changing needs, but generally include peer coaching and relapse prevention.

24-Hour Clinical Care

Safe detox requires 24-hour clinical care in Tennessee. This is due to the health risks that are involved during withdrawal. As the brain reacts to the absence of the drug, severe symptoms can occur, depending on the type of drug used. For instance, alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal may result in seizures. Fortunately, supervised care in a clinical setting can provide the necessary treatment to avoid health risks and allow you to complete detox safely.

Programs

Adolescence program

Adult program

Program for men

Program for women

Young adult program

Settings & Amenities

Basketball court
Recreation room
Gym
Residential setting
Private rooms
Music room
Hiking
Mountain Views
Wilderness setting
Tennis court

Treatment

Alcoholism

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.

Drug Addiction

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.

Opioid Addiction

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.

Substance Abuse

Substance rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from substance abuse, including alcohol and drug addiction (both illegal and prescription drugs). They often include the opportunity to engage in both individual as well as group therapy.

Clinical Services

Group Therapy

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.

Individual Therapy

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.

Couples Therapy

While engaged in couples therapy in Tennessee, you'll learn how to trust, communicate, forgive, and manage emotions. Developing these skills can be beneficial at any time during the relationship, but they are particularly crucial when facing life challenges.

Family Therapy

Family therapy uses a structured environment to address the complexities of addiction and the negative influences it has on the family unit. Therapists work with family members to develop effective coping and communication strategies that support their loved one's recovery while also focusing on the health and well being of each family member.

Recreational Therapy

Recreational therapy (aka therapeutic recreation) uses creative and fun activities to help with addiction recovery. Recreational therapists lead patients in entertaining and engaging activities like sports or games; art (drawing, painting, sculpture); drama, music, and dance; and/or community outings (field trips) to improve patients' physical, social, and emotional well-being.

Experiential Therapy

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

Nicotine Replacement Therapy

To quit smoking, you can use nicotine replacement therapy and gradually reduce the amount of nicotine you consume. This allows your brain and body to adjust so you can reach your goal of breaking free from cigarettes in just a few weeks.

Contact

(423) 639-3720

Website

1160 Black Road
Greeneville TN, 37743

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Reviews

3.84 (31 reviews)

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Google (30)

Google Rating

3.8 (30 reviews)

Craig Phillips

5 months ago

Background and research! Pastor Steve is NO LONGER the director. When you read through those reviews please know that! Call and speak with the current director Clint. My son went through in 2021. Feel free to contact Calvary Chapel Greeneville for a reference. So sorry you and your family are battling with addiction.

ryan sapp

8 months ago

It s a shame I can t give zero stars. I don t know where to begin. Well I got there and was detoxing from heroin horribly. Steve told my mom I could rest and recover which of course was a lie. Steve would punish you for smoking a ciggerette by digging a5x5 ft hole from 10pm-1am. Then back up at 5:00 . Also the food came from a guy in gatlinburg that owned a llama ranch.The guy had 50 gallon buckets of food donated for his animals and we would dig through the buckets to find stray packages of meat that weren t torn or piping hot. Steve told me I was taking my blood pressure medicine to get high. I managed the thrift store and Steve would show up (obviously high) and ask me for all the cash the store had made that day (sometimes $4-500). He kept thousands of dollars just lying around in his car. A lady asked me if I needed any ice and when I said no she asked for Steve I went to phase 2 just so I could work and save 2 paychecks. I ended up saving $600 and just walking off the property and getting a bus back to Nashville. I d rather have spent the 5 months in jail. I m actually writing a book about my experience there along with another person who went to the female facility. You will go in as an addict, and want to use the second you get out to cope with the P.T.S.D . YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Ricky Thomas

9 months ago

It's 100% a cult down there. I was only there for about 4 days ans see it really was a cult.

Scott Major

1 year ago

This is my 2nd review because for some reason the first one has disappeared. I went to U Turn for Christ in Tennessee several years ago and this was the most horrifying place I have ever been to. Every negative thing that you read,hear or experience about this place is true. While I was there, I think less than a week I experienced so much evil going on by staff and others residents of whom were homeless or sent by a judge. They even said that the only reason they were still there was because they didn't have any where else to go or didn't want to go back to jail for not finishing the program. Now one day I over heard one of the staff members telling one of the guys that had completed the program that he had to leave a very positive, encouraging review or he would not get his certificate for completing the program. The guy said after he did so that the staff member said now make up a fake profile and leave one more and I'll give you your certificate. So for what it's worth , please I beg you not to send anyone or go there yourself. It's not a good place at all.

James Madrid

I was there in 2006 to 2007. It was a blessing being apart of this ministry serving and being served by others in the same grip of addiction. If you truly want to change your life I highly recommend this program or another program just like this as it will change your life !

cherie wallin

As a mom, this place is awesome. It has new leadership and is the only place that has made a difference in my son's life. Is it easy? Absolutely not! But nothing in life worth while is easy.

Natalia Hornsey

It s been almost 10 years since i ve been in this program. I still suffer from PTSD. I had to literally escape from this program . I chose this rehab because it was affordable and boy was that a bad idea . I could literally write a novel about this place . I want to warn people not to send your kids to this place . In the end I ended up having the strength within to stay sober and have been sober for 8 years now . Let s just say my current church is appalled by the way U turn operates. U turn ia very much a cult and is a very dangerous place. When they drop you off at the greyhound bus station in johnson city tennessee the employees there know all about it . I also gave a statement to the news station and the police .

John Smith

1) If you are looking to beat addiction, this is NOT the place. Ironically, it is a trap house to keep you trapped in this program. As a working professional struggling with addiction my wife asked me to seek help. Steve did his best to push/coerce/control me into attending phase 2. If I did not leave, in phase 2 I would get a local factory assembly line job, live in a trailer on-site and walk to work. Why would I do this when I could return to my wife and 120K+ job? How is this healthy? 2) As noted in another review, this U-Turn location is a labor camp to benefit Steve Nordgren. 3) The lodging/facilities are disgusting. 4) The food cooked for participants is donated by some weird guy in Gatlinburg that owns a miniature animal zoo (think llamas, etc.). This guy gets expired food from Walmart/grocery stores to feed his farm animals; what he doesn't want he donates to U-Turn. To get the food, Steve sends two participants in an unsafe, broken-down vehicle to pick up the food at this guy's zoo. With no supervision or barely enough gas to get there, recovering addicts are left to the open road to "figure it out." We had to beg for money at gas stations to get enough has to get back. 5) Participants are not led by trained/licensed professionals, they are led by former addicts/participants that have stay on-site and committed to long-term to the program. These are often the worst of the addicts, i.e., the participants that don't trust themselves to no relapse outside of such a controlled environment. As they are overseeing men out of addiction (allegedly), they are still trying to beat their demons/addictions. Not a recipe for success. 6) While there is a focus on the Bible, the internal process was lacking structure and disingenuous. 7) If you become a participant and feel the program is not the right fit for your recovery, Steve will not provide your personal belongings (wallet, cell phone, etc.) taken at the time of check-in. Instead, you are left to hitch hike and figure out a way home with zero resources. Seems more like a hostage situation vs. a treatment program. 8) They will allow you to write letters to your family, but read your letters and control the mail. If they don't like the letter, it won't get mailed. How kind is that to the other side of addiction - the suffering spouse, parents, children? My wife drove up mid-day during week 5 and took me home. 9) The only thing that I can say positive about the program is a sincere thank you to the sweet people that volunteer their time/resources to UTurn in the Greenville, TN community. Thank you for the random potluck meals.

Raul

Was tough but cherished. (Amen)

Brian Lee

2 years ago

This place is very extreme. Forced to dig holes in the dark as punishment, using pick axes, with no lights. Forced to wear silence vests where you can t speak or be spoken to for days. The men do handyman/landscape jobs around town, in exchange for donations (not donations, it s payment for the work) which go to Pastor Steve, to pay for his large house filled with wonderful new toys.It s essentially a labor camp, where the men aren t compensated for their work, under the guise of rehab , but the only rehab/program is reading some Bible passages and prayer. This place is miserable. They deny basic medications. IT IS NOT A REHAB. IT IS A LABOR CAMP WITH prayer . Please understand that before going - better yet, don t go at all.

David Young

3 years ago

I did u turn for Christ in Pennsylvania Lebanon . We went out to u turn for Christ bbq in Tennessee. I loved the place. Was beautiful , nice people was friendly. Good food. ( In u turn I see family and people say it's a cult when they was rebellious and not wanting to follow treatment rules .) I know I was rebellious myself not wanting to follow all the rules . I got weighting assignments and had to dig holes . That was not a cult that was life changing . I go to a chur h I'm still clean I visit u turn once month and encourage the guys . God's good and he used program in a mighty way I loved it .

Gordon Williams

I have volunteered at UTurn forChrist Tennessee for over15 years,enjoying not only weekly fellowship with the guys around theWord, but also events such as the Pig Roast Amazing gospel concerts and special speakers,even annual weekend Campouts at the local Horse Creek State Park. Of special importance to me is staying in the Bible with .personal growth and seeing lives Rescued,Redeemed and Restored.Ch as

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