Frequently Asked Questions

Discovery Place will facilitate getting you the detox you may need. We work with detox centers and hospitals in the greater Nashville area to help you through this first difficult stage of rehabilitation.

You will work the 12 steps of Alcoholic Anonymous with Guides who have worked the steps themselves.  You will live in a pleasant place with other men who are going through the same experience.  You'll see your family on weekends. On many weekday evenings you will go to outside AA meetings. Every Friday evening you will enjoy Friday Night /Family which is a fun evening of community dinner, AA Meetings, Al-Anon meetings and outside visitors. On weekends, you will have a modified schedule that includes special programs and community recreation as well as family visitation on Sundays from 2pm till 4pm for guests who have been on property for at least 7 days. Weekend sports and approved movies are also available for community viewing at appropriate times. Over the course of your stay, you will meet many other people in recovery who you will get to know quite well. These men will support you in your effort to recover from drug and alcohol addiction.

We don’t. When Discovery Place began, our founders made a deliberate choice to make it a spiritual retreat, not a medical facility that relied on insurance companies to pay the bills. 
Here are some reasons:

• We believe that 30 days is the minimum time needed to get a good start on a sober life. Insurance companies often refuse to pay for 30 days.

• We believe that the spiritual program of Alcoholics Anonymous is more effective than the medical/therapeutic model used by medical facilities. We have the statistics to prove it. Over 74% of the men who thoroughly participate in Discovery Place programs stay sober. This is a much better rate than traditional treatment centers that take insurance.

• By completing the full 30 day program with their peers here at Discovery Place, our guests form meaningful friendships that will support them as they head out into the world. 

• Many insurance companies only pay for one stay at a treatment center. If a man has already used insurance once for this purpose, he may not be able to use it again. We have found that men who invest their own time and money into their sobriety get better results. We do offer financing with Serenity Loans as well as financial aid for men who need help.

• Discovery Place provides privacy and confidentiality about our guests alcohol and/or drug problem that they might not get if they use employer provided insurance. 

18 and older. The average age of our guests is 25 years old, but you will meet men of all ages.