Volunteers For Recovery

11/08/2025

Every strong recovery home begins with one thing: standards that hold.
NARR sets the bar. TN-ARR keeps Tennessee above it.

Visit www.tnarr.org
to learn how certified recovery housing changes lives.

11/07/2025

This isn’t just a house. It’s a certified recovery residence.
Where structure meets support and lives rebuild one day at a time.
Because recovery deserves more than a roof. It deserves a standard.

TNARR.org

11/03/2025

TN-ARR stands alone in Tennessee as the official NARR authorized certifying body.
Our process meets the only nationally endorsed recovery housing standard.
Not a rebrand, not a remix, not an imitation.

11/02/2025

Daylight Saving Time ended this morning, Nov. 2 at 2:00 a.m., don’t forget to set your clocks back! Fall is a time of reflection and transformation. It’s a great opportunity to check in with your recovery routines and give yourself the gift of rest and renewal.

11/02/2025

Don’t be fooled by any other agency that cannot or will not provide you with a list of standards. Being a certified home is much more than paying a fee and being handed a piece of paper. In addition to certifying, TNARR provides education and advocates on a federal, state, and local level. It is the ONLY certifying body that uses best practices.

There’s a big difference between having standards and just saying you do.

TN-ARR is Tennessee’s only certification body recognized by the National Alliance for Recovery Residences (NARR) — the national standard recognized by SAMHSA, ASAM, HUD, and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.

We don’t reinvent recovery. We protect it.

10/30/2025

Safe homes build strong recovery.
Strong recovery builds stronger communities.
🏡 Learn more: tnarr.org

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.
🏡 tnarr.org

10/19/2025

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

👉 tnarr.org

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