Brighton Recovery Center for Women is a 100-bed, long-term residential recovery program for women in Florence, Kentucky. A program of Brighton Center, a Northern Kentucky nonprofit that has served the community since 1966, the recovery center helps women aged eighteen and older who are living with chronic substance use disorder achieve sobriety and rebuild productive lives. The program serves women who are homeless or low-income, with an average length of stay of nine to twelve months.
A Peer-Driven Recovery Model
The recovery center uses the Recovery Dynamics curriculum within a peer-driven treatment model. Peer mentors who have progressed through their own recovery share their experience, strength, and hope with other residents, serving as teachers and guides throughout the process. The program emphasizes caring confrontation, community feedback, behavioral change, skills development, and attitude adjustment, all within a safe, respectful, and predictable living environment. The center is also connected to a broader array of Brighton Center services available to participants.
Four Phases of Recovery
The program is structured around four progressive phases. Safe Off the Streets (SOS) provides a non-medical environment where women can begin deciding on a plan of recovery. Motivational Tracks offers a low-pressure setting for committing to the recovery process so that participants can experience the hope of change. Phase I moves into more focused and intensive programming that addresses the core problems of addiction, with goals that include social wellness and economic independence. Phase II supports reintegration into society, where participants obtain employment or enroll in education and job training programs, pay rent, attend self-help meetings, and prepare a plan of action for living sober as productive members of the community.
Vocational Training and Social Enterprise
During Phases I and II, residents have the opportunity to participate in Center Table, a catering social enterprise operated by Brighton Center. The program provides hands-on culinary training and food service curriculum totaling 34 hours a week over six to ten weeks, giving women real-world job experience in the food industry while generating revenue to support the recovery center’s services.
