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We are still writing the honest guide for this category. In the meantime, the organizations below are ready to help.
Recovery Consultants of Atlanta is a nonprofit, peer-led community health center (an FQHC) with locations in Decatur and Tucker. They provide low-cost primary care, mental health and psychiatric care, substance use treatment, and HIV/Hepatitis C testing and prevention. They also help people living with HIV through support groups and housing assistance.
13 services
Rising Sun Recovery is a recovery residence in Hiram, Georgia (west of Atlanta) for people working to recover from drug and alcohol addiction. Residents get a safe, sober place to live with housing and utilities, a recovery coach, a case manager to help find a job, and support through a 12-step recovery community. It is part of the GARR network of certified recovery residences in Georgia.
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Circle of Recovery is a counseling and training organization led by Dr. Karen Kelly that helps adults and teens dealing with substance use and mental health challenges. They offer counseling, relapse prevention, anger management, and life coaching, and also train and certify addiction counselors across Georgia. Call to ask about joining a class or starting services.
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NAMI Georgia is the state chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a nonprofit that helps people living with mental illness and their families. They run a non-crisis HelpLine that points you to resources, free support groups, and free education classes, and they advocate to reduce stigma. Trained peers and family members lead most of their groups and classes.
10 services
Start Your Recovery is a free national website that gives clear, trustworthy information for people dealing with drug or alcohol problems, and for their families and friends. It is not a clinic or a local Atlanta program; instead it helps you understand addiction, make a recovery plan, and find treatment near you. Its experts come from nonprofit, academic, and government groups, and the site can connect you to the free, confidential SAMHSA national helpline.
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Good Shepherd Recovery House is a Christ-based residential recovery program for men 18 and older who are struggling with drug or alcohol addiction. Men live on-site for at least 12 months and get a 12-step recovery program, counseling, church services, and help finding a job. The home, on 36 acres in Jasper, GA, also offers transitional sober housing for men who have finished treatment or are in drug court.
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West Georgia Domestic Violence Shelter is a nonprofit that helps people and their children escape abuse in five rural counties west of Atlanta (Carroll, Heard, Haralson, Coweta, and Meriwether). They run a safe emergency shelter with meals, clothing, and case management, plus a 24-hour crisis line, support groups, help getting protective orders, classes, and some transitional housing and financial help.
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The Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence (now becoming In Safe Company) helps people in metro Atlanta who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. They run two free, 24-hour hotlines, a confidential emergency safe house for survivors and their children, support groups, legal help with protective orders, and programs for kids. All services are free and confidential.
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Rising Sun Recovery is a nonprofit recovery housing program in Hiram, Georgia for people working to stay sober from drugs and alcohol. They give residents a safe place to live, a recovery coach, and a case manager who helps them find work, all built around a 12-step recovery community.
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Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV) is an Atlanta nonprofit that has helped people escape and heal from domestic abuse since 1975. They run a free 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter for women and children, longer-term supportive housing, counseling, support groups, legal advocacy, and safety planning. They also teach prevention in schools and the community across metro Atlanta.
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Ezekiel's Valley is a faith-based recovery ministry (started in 1997) that runs a transitional home for men 18 and older who are recovering from drug or alcohol addiction, including men living with HIV/AIDS or coming out of homelessness. Residents live there for at least six months and get nutritious meals, daily 12-step meetings, group therapy, substance-abuse and HIV education, drug screening, life-skills classes, and help finding work. It is a sober living home, not a treatment center, so men must already be stable in their recovery before moving in.
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Nak Union Behavioral Health is a counseling clinic in College Park that helps adults, teens, and families deal with mental health concerns and drug or alcohol problems. They offer individual, family, and group counseling, addiction treatment, and mental health and psychiatric evaluations, both in person and by telehealth. They also work with people involved in the justice system and run classes like anger management and family violence education.
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MARR's Men's Recovery Center is a residential drug and alcohol treatment program for adult men in the Atlanta area (Doraville). Men live on-site through a phased program that starts with intensive daily care and moves into sober living, with counseling, group therapy, and life-skills training to support long-term recovery.
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The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center is a free, faith-based residential program in Atlanta that helps men and women recover from drug and alcohol addiction. You live at the center for about six months and take part in counseling, work therapy, life-skills classes, and spiritual support, with meals and housing included. The program does not charge a fee and does not require insurance.
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The Extension is a nonprofit in Marietta that helps adults who are homeless and struggling with drug or alcohol addiction. They run a free 12-month live-in recovery program with counseling, life skills classes, and support, on separate campuses for men and women. There is no cost to enter, and once you have a job you pay back a small part of your income.
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