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The Sweet Addiction

The Sweet Addiction empowers women in recovery by providing essential resources, safe housing, and job training programs, particularly in culinary arts, to help them overcome barriers, gain independence, and build hopeful futures.

Join us for the 2026 Laugh Out Luncheon 😄🍰, where good food and shared laughter support women survivors rebuilding after trafficking, addiction, domestic violence, and incarceration. SAME DAY TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR Your attendance helps provide flexible jobs in our bakery and catering kitchen, job-readiness training, and safe housing support. Together, we&rsquo;re opening doors so women can gain steady work, stable homes, and the confidence to lead in their families and community.

2026 Laugh Out Luncheon

The Sweet Addiction supports women survivors of domestic violence, trafficking, addiction, and incarceration who are disproportionately impacted by Rutherford County&rsquo;s economic disparities. With 37% of households classified as ALICE and 9% living in poverty, many women face barriers such as interrupted education, limited job skills, and recovery program schedules that conflict with traditional work. The Sweet Addiction removes these obstacles through flexible, incentivized job training grounded in trauma‑informed care. Participants build practical skills and earn certifications in communication, financial management, health, and parenting, all within a supportive community strengthened by peer mentorship. This holistic approach fosters resilience, stability, and long‑term self‑sufficiency, empowering women to rebuild their lives with confidence and discipline. June&rsquo;s story is one of courage and transformation. Referred to us through drug court, she entered our program while living in a long-term abusive relationship with someone twenty years older. Through careful collaboration and steady support, we helped her safely navigate the process of leaving that situation and reclaiming her life. From that point forward, June committed herself to rebuilding. She learned essential workplace skills, earned her high school equivalency, and began job-shadowing as an accounting and payroll clerk. These were steps she once believed were out of reach. Today, only one year later, she is preparing to attend college, works in the very program she first entered in crisis, and is earning certifications that will allow her to guide other women toward the same freedom and stability she fought so hard to achieve. Her journey reflects a full-circle transformation and shows how hope, support, and opportunity can completely rewrite a life. For many women in recovery, the greatest hopes are reuniting with their children and securing a safe, stable home. These goals often become powerful motivators for long-term sobriety. In Rutherford County, the lack of housing that supports both recovery and family reunification forces mothers to choose between maintaining stability and rebuilding their relationships with their children. The Sweet Addiction works to close this gap by offering STEP houses where women can host overnight visits with their children while receiving mentorship, parenting guidance, and life training from a sober perspective. These homes create a supportive environment that helps mothers navigate the challenges of parenting, often for the first time sober or as single parents, while preparing them with the tools, confidence, and resilience needed to move into independent housing and long-term stability. Felicity was referred to us by a sober living home. With no family nearby, her recovery community has become her only support. She has been separated from her young son, who has been in foster care for two years. Determined to rebuild her life, she completed an IOP and a recovery housing program. Her case worker and court attorney made it clear that the final step to overnight visits and eventual custody was securing safe, stable housing. Although employed, Felicity falls within the ALICE community, and affordable homes in safe neighborhoods were extremely difficult to find. Working closely with her case management team, we helped her secure a safe home. In the coming weeks, she will begin receiving tools that support parenting from a sober mindset while maintaining her recovery. She is now less than a month away from overnight visits, and in her own words, &ldquo;Because I have a safe place for my son.&rdquo; Your gift helps open the doors of the first Mommy and Me recovery home in Rutherford County. Give today and change a family&rsquo;s future.

The Sweet Addiction supports women survivors of domestic violence, trafficking, addiction, and incarceration who are disproportionately impacted by Rutherford County’s economic disparities. With 37% of households classified as ALICE and 9% living in poverty, many women face barriers such as interrupted education, limited job skills, and recovery program schedules that conflict with traditional work. The Sweet Addiction removes these obstacles through flexible, incentivized job training grounded in trauma‑informed care. Participants build practical skills and earn certifications in communication, financial management, health, and parenting, all within a supportive community strengthened by peer mentorship. This holistic approach fosters resilience, stability, and long‑term self‑sufficiency, empowering women to rebuild their lives with confidence and discipline.June’s story is one of courage and transformation. Referred to us through drug court, she entered our program while living in a long-term abusive relationship with someone twenty years older. Through careful collaboration and steady support, we helped her safely navigate the process of leaving that situation and reclaiming her life.From that point forward, June committed herself to rebuilding. She learned essential workplace skills, earned her high school equivalency, and began job-shadowing as an accounting and payroll clerk. These were steps she once believed were out of reach.Today, only one year later, she is preparing to attend college, works in the very program she first entered in crisis, and is earning certifications that will allow her to guide other women toward the same freedom and stability she fought so hard to achieve.Her journey reflects a full-circle transformation and shows how hope, support, and opportunity can completely rewrite a life.For many women in recovery, the greatest hopes are reuniting with their children and securing a safe, stable home. These goals often become powerful motivators for long-term sobriety. In Rutherford County, the lack of housing that supports both recovery and family reunification forces mothers to choose between maintaining stability and rebuilding their relationships with their children. The Sweet Addiction works to close this gap by offering STEP houses where women can host overnight visits with their children while receiving mentorship, parenting guidance, and life training from a sober perspective. These homes create a supportive environment that helps mothers navigate the challenges of parenting, often for the first time sober or as single parents, while preparing them with the tools, confidence, and resilience needed to move into independent housing and long-term stability.Felicity was referred to us by a sober living home. With no family nearby, her recovery community has become her only support. She has been separated from her young son, who has been in foster care for two years. Determined to rebuild her life, she completed an IOP and a recovery housing program.Her case worker and court attorney made it clear that the final step to overnight visits and eventual custody was securing safe, stable housing. Although employed, Felicity falls within the ALICE community, and affordable homes in safe neighborhoods were extremely difficult to find.Working closely with her case management team, we helped her secure a safe home. In the coming weeks, she will begin receiving tools that support parenting from a sober mindset while maintaining her recovery. She is now less than a month away from overnight visits, and in her own words, “Because I have a safe place for my son.”Your gift helps open the doors of the first Mommy and Me recovery home in Rutherford County. Give today and change a family’s future.

Strengthening mothers. Reuniting families. Changing futures.

Las personas en recuperaci&oacute;n a menudo retornan al mismo entorno que contribuy&oacute; a su adicci&oacute;n. Dado que las se&ntilde;ales del entorno pueden provocar una reca&iacute;da, es crucial ayudarles a encontrar un entorno nuevo y seguro para una recuperaci&oacute;n estable. En el Condado de Rutherford, las mujeres en recuperaci&oacute;n no deber&iacute;an tener que elegir entre una vivienda estable y la reunificaci&oacute;n con sus hijos, sin embargo, falta vivienda que acomode a ambos. Sweet Addiction proporcionar&aacute; un hogar donde las mujeres puedan vivir con sus hijos mientras reciben mentor&iacute;a y herramientas a trav&eacute;s de entrenamiento sobre c&oacute;mo enfrentar la vida y la maternidad desde una mentalidad sobria. 🌱 Dona hoy para fortalecer a las madres, reunir familias y apoyar una recuperaci&oacute;n duradera.

Las personas en recuperación a menudo retornan al mismo entorno que contribuyó a su adicción. Dado que las señales del entorno pueden provocar una recaída, es crucial ayudarles a encontrar un entorno nuevo y seguro para una recuperación estable. En el Condado de Rutherford, las mujeres en recuperación no deberían tener que elegir entre una vivienda estable y la reunificación con sus hijos, sin embargo, falta vivienda que acomode a ambos. Sweet Addiction proporcionará un hogar donde las mujeres puedan vivir con sus hijos mientras reciben mentoría y herramientas a través de entrenamiento sobre cómo enfrentar la vida y la maternidad desde una mentalidad sobria.🌱 Dona hoy para fortalecer a las madres, reunir familias y apoyar una recuperación duradera.

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