Empowering women for lifetime recovery through inpatient, outpatient, and re-entry services God loves. God forgives. All women can be whole and complete.
The Next Door Recovery's operations are based on the following core values:
Wholeness
We believe that women are not defined by their past decisions. God has a plan and purpose for every woman’s life that is abundantly good. Hope
We believe hope and healing is within reach for all women. Community
We believe community is essential to sustain lifetime recovery. We are building a healthy community in which our women are contributing members of society. We need one another. We care for one another. We will teach women how to build their own healthy communities. Respect
We believe each woman deserves respect from us and from each other. Every woman can learn to respect herself and others. Encouragement
We believe that our words and actions should build one another up. We inspire one another with love and good deeds. Faith
We believe all women are made in the image and likeness of God. We welcome all people, and all will be cared for with Christ-centered principles. Love
We believe that all women are worthy of love. We demonstrate what love looks like, so our women learn to love themselves and love others in healthy ways.
11/13/2025
✨ Thursday Devotional ✨
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, our Executive Director, Rachel Morris, shares what she is most grateful for this season:
“I am thankful for humble moments that remind me I am not in control. Blessings that lift me up, moments of peace that slow me down, and the challenges that force me to lean on others.”
We are grateful for Rachel’s heart for leadership and the reminder to find gratitude in every season. 💛
What are you grateful for this season? Share with us in the comments below! ⬇️⬇️
11/12/2025
What a night! ✨🎶 We celebrated our 8th Annual Songwriter’s Night at the iconic , honoring incredible talent and supporting The Next Door Recovery.
We were joined by Hall of Fame Songwriters Scooter Carusoe, Bob DiPiero, and Tom Douglas, and had the honor of presenting the first annual Andrea Overby Volunteer of the Year Award to our amazing recipients, .b.cook and . This mother-daughter duo has touched the lives of countless women we serve through their weekly Sketch & Pray program. 💜
A huge thank you to our sponsors for making this night possible: , Lee, Danner & Bass, Inc., , Sentry, , , , , and !
11/11/2025
TNDR teamed up with this morning at the 2025 Veterans Day Parade in downtown Nashville! 🇺🇸
It was such an honor to represent women in recovery including the brave women veterans who have served our country and are now courageously pursuing healing. 💪💜
A huge thank-you to for the opportunity to walk alongside you and share TNDR’s mission with the community today! ✨
11/07/2025
We are so grateful to our friends at Tulip Grove Baptist Church for inviting us to speak at their WoM Sisters meeting this week. For some, it was the first time hearing about our mission and for others it was a beautiful reminder of the life-changing work happening every day within our walls. 💜
The warmth, curiosity, and encouragement we felt in that room were such a gift. Thank you for welcoming us, for the meaningful conversation, and for your continued partnership through the ThankHisGiving Baskets project.
Together, we are building a community of hope and healing. 🌷
11/06/2025
This week, we are thrilled to welcome Rupa Crump from to lead our Thursday Devotional! ✝️✝️
Today, she and a few amazing volunteers helped in our clothing closet, which recently received a large donation. 💖 Rupa shared a beautiful devotional from Everyday Joys by .
We’re so grateful for these hands and hearts helping to brighten the day for the women in our program! 🙏
11/05/2025
This Friday, November 7, join us for the Play It Forward Writer’s Round hosted by Vanderbilt's and !
Enjoy performances from talented local Vanderbilt and Belmont artists while supporting women in recovery. 💜 All proceeds benefit The Next Door Recovery.
🎟️ Tickets are available through the link in bio or at the door on the day of the event!
11/04/2025
Are you—or someone you know—a young professional eager to make an impact? The Next Door Recovery’s Young Professionals Board is a fantastic way to get involved with our mission and grow as a leader. YP Board members contribute by:
• Planning an annual fundraising event for The Next Door Recovery
• Engaging in hands-on service projects
• Attending five in-person board meetings at our facility
• Collaborating with one of five committees: Service, Staff Appreciation, Songwriter's Night, Membership, or Development
This holiday season, you can help women in recovery meet their basic needs by sponsoring a Client Care Bundle, which contains essential items valued at $200. You can give an amount of your choice to support these bundles. 🎁
Each bundle provides items that support comfort, dignity, and stability during treatment. When basic needs go unmet, recovery is harder, and the holidays can make the journey even more challenging.
Around 100 women are admitted to TNDR each month, so our goal for the next two months is to raise funds to support 200 women.
Your support ensures every woman has what she needs to focus on recovery and embrace a new beginning. 💜✨
Today we welcome Kaycee, our HR Coordinator, for our Thursday Devotional. She shares a reading from Now and Not Yet, a liturgy for those unsure of what to do next.
It reminds us that even as we carry the past, face the not yets of the present, and the unknowns of the future, we can look to God and rest in knowing we are made for His kingdom. May this be a gentle reminder to pause, trust, and know that God is working even in the waiting. ✝️
10/29/2025
What an incredible three weeks for The Next Door Recovery! 💜
We are deeply grateful to Flower Magazine - House / Garden / Lifestyle and Margot Shaw for choosing us as the beneficiary of the 2025 Nashville Showhouse. Nearly 6,000 guests toured the home and learned about our mission of helping women find freedom through recovery.
A huge thank you to our amazing docents, Showhouse managers Mollie Reed and Allie Barry, and all the talented designers who made it shine. We are filled with gratitude for this partnership and the lives it will impact! 🌸✨
10/23/2025
This week’s Thursday Devotional comes from Lilly Howard, who serves as our Service Chair on The Next Door Recovery’s YP Board. ✨
Lilly shares a reflection from her Word of the Day daily devotional, reading Ephesians 2:10, and reminding us that we are God’s masterpiece, created with purpose and value that comes not from others, but from Him alone. 💜
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📝 The YP Board application is now available! If you are interested, please fill out the application link in our bio! This application will close on December 1!
10/21/2025
We can’t believe it’s already the final week of the 2025 Nashville Showhouse! 🌸
We are so incredibly grateful and honored to be selected as the beneficiary of this beautiful event. 💜 10% of ticket sales will be donated directly to The Next Door Recovery, supporting women on their journey to lasting recovery.
If you haven’t gotten your ticket yet, there’s still time! Grab yours through the link in our bio! 🎟️
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In the Spring of 2002, a small group of women from First Baptist Church Nashville, calling themselves the Wild Group of Praying Women, were interested in the use of a vacant building in downtown Nashville. They began meeting to discuss and pray about ways to use this building to serve the less fortunate. A community survey of over thirty government and private agencies revealed that one of the largest unmet needs in Middle Tennessee was in the area of transitional housing and services for women ex-offenders.
Discussions with the landlord of the building led to an agreement to lease the facility to the newly formed agency, which was formally incorporated as the Downtown Ministry Center on March 4, 2003. By November 2003, the agency had received tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code.
Founders designed a Residential Transitional Program to address the physical, mental, and spiritual needs of women coming from incarceration. The nonprofit came to be known as “The Next Door” after organizers met with a local warden. He explained that when a woman had paid her dues to society and was ready for release, she would come to “ROLL UP ONE” – a huge, intimidating door that literally rolled open to allow her to walk out to freedom. All too often, the heartbreaking story then followed the same pattern. Too many women went directly back to old neighborhoods, so called “friends”, and addiction, and then returned to incarceration within months, if not weeks. The warden said, “It’s called recidivism.”
The heart of the founders’ work came together in that moment. We would pick women up at “Roll Up One” and offer them “The Next Door” to a new home, real friends, and the opportunity to experience a fresh start. “The Next Door” would offer women HOPE!
In November 2006 the legal name of the organization was officially changed to The Next Door, Inc.
At its new, state-of-the-art facility off of Charlotte Ave. in Nashville, The Next Door provides services to women who are impacted by addiction, mental illness, trauma and/or incarceration. In recognition of the common need among residents for mental health and addiction counseling, The Next Door provides an integrated model to address the co-occurring disorders. A professional team of counselors, case managers, nurse practitioners, masters level social work interns, mentors, and job coaches complete the staff to provide comprehensive coverage to residents’ needs. Services provided include Medically Monitored Detoxification, Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Partial Hospitalization Programs, Intensive Outpatient Programs, Outpatient Programs and Family Services.
