Hope of East Tennessee

  HOPE of East Tennessee, Inc., is a non-profit organization providing recovery residences and outpatient treatment for chemically dependent men and women. Intensive Outpatient Treatment is available for indigent Clients as well as Tenncare coverage. Our residences and outpatient center are centrally located in Oak Ridge, providing easy access to resources. HOPE of East Tennessee, Inc., was chartered in 1976 in the State of Tennessee as a non-profit corporation and is governed by a volunteer board of directors. Since our start, we have treated over 4000 men and women seeking recovery from the disease of addiction. HOPE is licensed by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities and meets all applicable life safety rules. We give priority admission for our residential services to pregnant injecting drug abusers, pregnant substance abusers, and injecting drug users. You may contact HOPE by telephone at (865) 482-4826 or by email at director@hopeofet.org

At HOPE, we believe that alcohol and drug addiction is a disease. We believe that this disease, if left untreated, will result in spiritual, emotional, and physical decay as well as financial bankruptcy. Eventually, this disease will result in death. It is our belief that individuals choose to abuse alcohol and other drugs for a wide variety of reasons. Whether the reasons have to do with family pressures, poor choice of friends, peer pressure, health reasons, etc., the problems to be faced remain the same for all. The person must first stop using the chemical, then start learning to cope with daily living problems without using the drug or continuing the old behavior. Hope does not provide detoxification services but takes individuals who have successfully completed  a detoxification program and assist them in becoming sober and responsible members of their community. We believe that HOPE's role in an individual's recovery is to provide an opportunity to continue recovery after abstinence has been established.