Volunteers For Recovery

10/30/2025

Safe homes build strong recovery.
Strong recovery builds stronger communities.
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10/27/2025

10/22/2025

Every story of recovery begins somewhere.
For thousands of Tennesseans, it starts with a door that opens to hope.
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10/19/2025

Every safe home starts with someone who cares enough to help build it. Be that someone. 💙

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10/18/2025

What a nice way to start the day! Took the women’s program to Springtime Petting Zoo for their fall festival and then for pizza!! Felt good to spend some quality time with everyone and had fun doing it!

10/17/2025

One of the very first things you will have to come to terms with in early recovery is your relationship with your parents. As kids we viewed them as super hero’s. We expected perfection. When they fell short we were quick to hold them accountable. The seed of resentment was planted and we used it as the fuel we needed to be the kids they shoulda have done better by. We were all going to show them right? How dare they make mistakes. How dare they treat us more as friends than children. Many of our first memories of using or drinking have our parents center stage. Some of us got high with dad. Some drank with mom. At that point they lost the power to parent and rightfully so but did they do those things maliciously? None of them expected smoking a joint with their kid could lead to their kid shooting up fentanyl. Working steps will help you find forgiveness and understanding for your parents . You will see mom and dad are just humans who did their best. Maybe they didnt but blaming them isn’t going to solve your problem and that problem is you not them. Take mom and dad off the pedestal they never asked to be on. I know it took me becoming a parent and making mistakes to realize I also didn’t want to be placed on some pedestal. I wanted to be forgiven for the mistakes I had made. I wanted to be on the same level as my kids. Just give me the respect because I’m older and wiser. Be smart enough to know our parents who are wiser than us are only that way because of all the mistakes they made. If we can’t come to terms with mom and dad we will never get better. We will always have an excuse to not take personal responsibility for our lives. In the end it won’t be mom or dad to blame, it will be us.

10/16/2025

10/14/2025

So very true!

We talk about treatment, prevention, and crisis response, but forget the one thing recovery can’t exist without: a home.

Recovery housing matters. TN-ARR is here to make sure it’s done right.

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10/13/2025

Yes we know…Throwing it all away for this little drink just seems foolish.

10/12/2025

IIf you have opened a new recovery home, the only reason to NOT become TN-ARR certified is because you have something to hide. If you are operating within best standards, then take the time to go through the process. I promise you TN-ARR has never “told me how to run my business”. Every time I hear something so far from the truth, it makes me cringe.

Recovery housing works best when it’s built on standards.

At TN-ARR, we help providers implement national standards and build strong foundations through our certification process.

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09/27/2025