Helping Hands & Gateway House Overcoming Addiction

Helping Hands & Gateway House Overcoming Addiction Helping Hands & Gateway House: Overcoming Addiction provides faith-based re-entry housing and support for women recovering from Substance use disorder.

In the summer of 2020 we completed renovation of and opened the Helping Hands Gateway House. The Gateway House provides free and safe housing for up to four women at a time as we assist them in the process of obtaining admission to a long-term life recovery program. We do not provide detox, but we transport those needing it to a detox facility. We assist clients in obtaining needed ID cards, social security cards, birth certificates, or whatever is needed that they no longer have in their possession. When admission is obtained and a bed is available, we transport our clients to their long-term life recovery program and keep in touch with them as they continue their journey, attending their graduation if at all possible. In January 2022, the Gateway House began offering a 90 day re-entry program for women who have completed a recovery program designed to assist with a safe and inexpensive place to stay as they secure a job and work toward becoming independent while maintaining sobriety. We offer services to both men and women who are seeking treatment for substance abuse disorder. Sometimes that means finding transitional housing for someone being released on probation or parole. Sometimes that means we work with the District Attorney, client's attorney, and the judge so that our client is able to have sentencing furloughed to a year long treatment program. We receive many calls from concerned family members or friends asking if we can help their loved ones. We don't turn anyone away if they want our help. Although we are located in a small county in Tennessee, we may secure the best program for our client in another state. Our county jail houses state prisoners, so we serve clients through the jail from across Tennessee and often from neighboring Alabama. We work with outpatient support groups such as NA, AA, Celebrate Recovery, Adult and Teen Challenge and SMART Recovery. Helping Hands offers our services free of charge. We are funded by donations from individuals, businesses, other charitable organizations, and churches in our area. The administrative assistant and house monitor are the only paid positions. The Executive Director and board members all serve as volunteers. Working with the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, we have a network of affiliated organizations, PEER Recovery Specialists, and recovery friends and neighbors ready to help our clients overcome addiction.

02/18/2026
Wayne County members of Alpha Rho Chapter of DKG International Society of Key Women Educators recently donated paper pro...
02/16/2026

Wayne County members of Alpha Rho Chapter of DKG International Society of Key Women Educators recently donated paper products to the Helping Hands Gateway House. Pictured are Shelley Warren, Program Supervisor, and three of the residents. The Waynesboro Church of God also donated toilet paper, paper towels, and bottled water after the ice storm! What a blessing!!

A little late posting this emergency, but the Thursday night before the ice storm, the Gateway House water heater starte...
02/16/2026

A little late posting this emergency, but the Thursday night before the ice storm, the Gateway House water heater started spraying water. It flooded the utility room and flowed into the bathroom so that every towel in the house was used to prevent the water from flowing into the living room. The water shut off valve was behind the washer, so it had to be moved out to shut the water off, but finally, the flow stopped! The next morning, Eric Warren was at Ace Hardware, purchasing a new water heater, that he managed to install by the end of the day. Shelley Warren and the residents at the Gateway House all helped in the cleanup. Thankfully it was resolved before the ice storm hit. A special thanks to Ken and Betty Burress for the loan of a wet vacuum to help with the final stages of clean-up!

01/12/2026

The Gateway House is in need of a chest of drawers for our 5th resident.

01/01/2026

Women in abusive relationships please read:
When a man is unhappy with himself, he’ll project that pain onto the woman who’s trying to love him. It’s a harsh truth but one that’s often overlooked. Instead of looking inward and facing his own demons, he takes the frustration, the anger, the insecurity out on the person closest to him....the woman who shows up with love, hope, and vulnerability. She becomes the mirror for his dissatisfaction, the outlet for his unrest. And in doing so, he ends up ruining her happiness, not because she’s done anything wrong, but because he can’t find his own peace.
It’s heartbreaking to watch because the woman doesn’t ask for his pain or his burdens. She steps in with open arms and an open heart, hoping to build something beautiful together. But when a man is wrestling with himself....his failures, his fears, his worthlessness....he can’t give her the love she deserves. Instead, he pulls her into the storm, making her responsible for his emotional chaos when that should never be her job.
This projection creates a toxic cycle where love gets tangled with resentment, trust gets replaced by doubt, and happiness becomes a fragile, rare moment that feels like it’s slipping through their fingers. The woman ends up carrying more weight than she should, feeling broken and confused because she can’t understand why her love isn’t enough to fix what’s wrong.
But here’s the truth she needs to hear......she is not the cause of his unhappiness. His inability to find peace inside himself is his battle to fight, not hers to carry. And no matter how much she tries to save him or fix him, she can’t heal wounds he refuses to face. Real love isn’t about sacrificing your happiness for someone else’s pain. It’s about two people who are whole enough on their own choosing to grow together, not dragging each other down.
So if you’re the woman trying to love a man who’s unhappy with himself, remember this.....you deserve happiness that’s not conditional on his mood or his struggles. You deserve a love that lifts you, not one that pulls you under. And sometimes, loving yourself means walking away from someone who can’t love you the way you deserve because he hasn’t learned to love himself yet.

12/07/2025

You did it!! We exceeded our $5,000 goal for Giving Tuesday so we will receive the $5,000 matching grant! THANK YOU!

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Please donate to help us help people struggling with addiction. We are less than halfway to our goal of $5000 which wil...
12/02/2025

Please donate to help us help people struggling with addiction. We are less than halfway to our goal of $5000 which will be matched by a generous donor. This money helps us maintain day to day costs at our facility as we spread Christ’s love and help people in recovery. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

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12/02/2025
IT'S GIVING TUESDAY! WILL YOU GIVE SO THE GATEWAY HOUSE CAN CONTINUE ITS MISSION OF HELPING WOMEN THROUGH THE RE-ENTRY ...
12/02/2025

IT'S GIVING TUESDAY!
WILL YOU GIVE SO THE GATEWAY HOUSE CAN CONTINUE ITS MISSION OF HELPING WOMEN THROUGH THE RE-ENTRY PHASE OF RECOVERY? CALL 931-722-6888 OR FOLLOW THIS LINK:
https://givebutter.com/hhandsgateway

Our first client at the Gateway House during COVID, 2020! Look at what God has done in her life!!❤️❤️
11/17/2025

Our first client at the Gateway House during COVID, 2020! Look at what God has done in her life!!❤️❤️

Celebrating Strength, Resilience, and Hope!

Please join us in congratulating Casey Reynolds, our incredible Maternal Health Coordinator, on FIVE YEARS of sobriety!

Casey shows up every single day with compassion, heart, and a commitment to serving others — and her journey is a powerful reminder that recovery is possible, healing is real, and brighter days are always ahead.

We are so proud of you, Casey. Thank you for the work you do, the hope you bring, and the example you set for our community.

Here’s to five years — and to many, many more!!

Giving Tuesday will soon be here! Your donations will help keep the Gateway House open for women who need a place to liv...
11/13/2025

Giving Tuesday will soon be here! Your donations will help keep the Gateway House open for women who need a place to live as they re-enter society after completing a rehab program.

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Waynesboro, TN
38485

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Wayne County Helping Hands officially began working to help individuals overcome addictions in 2010, and on April 1, 2019, we will have been offering free services for nine years. We are a 501c3 non-profit organization made up of caring Wayne County volunteers. If you or anyone you know is battling addiction, we are here to help. We acquired a house in September, 2018, to be renovated in 2019, and used as a gateway house for women waiting for acceptance into a long-term rehab program.