Hickey House

130 Taylor Road Helen, GA 30545

About Hickey House

The Hickey House is located in the serene North Georgia mountains of Helen, Georgia. They are a private and long term residential treatment center dedicated to helping men overcome drug and alcohol addiction.
This intimate facility has offered a structured and supportive environment that blends 12 step principles with real life challenges to foster lasting recovery for over 20 years. Nestled near the Chattahoochee River, the program emphasizes holistic healing by addressing psychological, spiritual and physical health.

A Supportive Environment

Individualized treatment plans are provided and include individual and group therapy that focuses on addictions like alcoholism and opioid dependency. A unique requirement is that clients secure employment during treatment. This helps to promote life skills like time management and responsibility while balancing recovery.
The program incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy and 12 step facilitation. You will have access to both in house groups and off site Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
Clients will be able to attend off site meetings through transportation that is provided. Residents live in multiple homes within a small radius. This helps foster a tight knit community of accountability.

Recreational Opportunities For Healing

I like that the facility offers recreational opportunities that include hiking, kayaking, volleyball and fishing. They leverage Helen’s natural surroundings to support wellness. Clients will benefit from finding new ways to reduce their stress without resorting to substance use.
Hickey House receives mostly positive reviews averaging about 4.1 stars out of five. Most reviewers praise the facility for helping them to put their life back together.

Latest Reviews

Alexander Donald

10 months ago on Google

I have a lifetime Membership

Brad Wolfe

1 year ago on Google

I came the HH in 2004, I had one foot in my grave and the other on a banana peal. My mother & father dropped me off at the blue house and wondered what I had got myself into. Believe it or not the first person i met as I entered was no other than Tom Hickey.Tom took one look at me and said YOUR GONNA DIE !!! I thought to myself what a thing to say to someone upon arrival. It took a while for me to figure out and eternalize why he would say that. The truth is he was rite. If I hadent shown up when I did I would have for sure.. By the grace of my higher power the Hickey house and Tom Hicky I didn t relaps. Truth is I wanted to. I wanted to go out and get just a tore up as possible. Only problem is I remembered what to said to me. I eventually was put on staff at the Mountain House. I stayed at the house for 3 years and moved to DemorestIn one of Sherry Hickyes apartments. I forgot to mention I worked 3 jobs while there. Made more money than I ever have and loved it. I was actually happy. No dope and I was actually happy.. Star Bridges was a good friend to me. I wonder if he remembers me? Hey Star hope you are well.

Hart Jaxon

4 years ago on Google

A great place that has provided so much for me and others. They gave me a firm foundation on which to build a different life- I am very grateful for all who have been there and been a part of my path.

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7.1 / 10

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Other Forms of Payment

Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

Outpatient

Outpatient rehab enables clients to receive addiction treatment while continuing to work and reside at home. Many programs offer evening, night, and weekend services so that clients may receive treatment on their own schedule. Outpatient treatment modalities typically include addiction counseling, recovery-focused life skills training, and/or medication assisted treatment (MAT). Many programs also provide step-down care, including partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and standard outpatient services, to align with clients' evolving needs.

Inpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

12-Step

12-step programs are addiction recovery models based on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). A number of substance abuse programs (including some drug and alcohol rehab centers) use the 12 steps as a basis for treatment. Beginning steps involve admitting powerlessness over the addiction and creating a spiritual basis for recovery. Middle steps including making direct amends to those who've been hurt by the addiction, and the final step is to assist others in addiction recovery in the same way. 12-Step offshoots including Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA), Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) and Gamblers Anonymous (GA).

Treatments

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

A quality drug rehab in Georgia can help you overcome addiction. This environment is designed to help you address the complex issues contributing to drug dependence. The goal of treatment is to give you the tools you need to make a full recovery.

Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.

Substance rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from substance abuse, including alcohol and drug addiction (both illegal and prescription drugs). They often include the opportunity to engage in both individual as well as group therapy.

Programs

Adult Program

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.

Young Adult Program

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.

Amenities

Private Setting
Wifi
Hiking

Staff & Accreditations

Staff

Tom Hickey

Founder

Elaine Hickey, MEd

Owner

Steven Barnett, CACII, CADCII

Program Director

Daniel Irons, CACII

Assistant Director

Accreditations

State Licenses are permits issued by government agencies that allow rehab organizations to conduct business legally within a certain geographical area. Typically, the kind of program a rehab facility offers, along with its physical location, determines which licenses are required to operate legally.

State License: Georgia

Contact Information

(706) 878-1463

Website

130 Taylor Road
Helen, GA 30545

Get Help Now - 470-866-4553

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Reviews of Hickey House

4.1/5 (18 reviews)

Google Reviews

4.1 (18 reviews)

DiZTRoYo eNTiTY

6 months ago

11 months ago

1 year ago

I came the HH in 2004, I had one foot in my grave and the other on a banana peal. My mother & father dropped me off at the blue house and wondered what I had got myself into. Believe it or not the first person i met as I entered was no other than Tom Hickey. Tom took one look at me and said “YOUR GONNA DIE”!!! I thought to myself what a thing to say to someone upon arrival. It took a while for me to figure out and eternalize why he would say that. The truth is he was rite. If I hadent shown up when I did I would have for sure.. By the grace of my higher power the Hickey house and Tom Hicky I didn’t relaps. Truth is I wanted to. I wanted to go out and get just a tore up as possible. Only problem is I remembered what to said to me. I eventually was put on staff at the Mountain House. I stayed at the house for 3 years and moved to Demorest In one of Sherry Hickyes apartments. I forgot to mention I worked 3 jobs while there. Made more money than I ever have and loved it. I was actually happy. No dope and I was actually happy.. Star Bridges was a good friend to me. I wonder if he remembers me? Hey Star hope you are well.

4 years ago

Cody Montgomery

5 years ago

T M

7 years ago

Hickey House has made a positive difference ! It is a place one can regain life skills and learn self reliance. Individuals are assisted with job placement, along with structure and support. The small town location is perfect with its many outdoor activities and walking convenience.

Dakota Marks

As I sit back and begin to write this review I truly don't know where to start. I guess I will give a brief description of my addiction, the obstacles I have faced in my recovery from substance abuse and how the Hickey House helped truly save my life. I like many other young men began experimenting with alcohol and marijuana iny early teens, but unlike many other young men I began snorting heroin at the age of 15. Within a year I had dropped out of high school, been arrested on firearm charges, began selling narcotics, involving myself with street gangs amongst many other very high risk lifestyle choices. At the age of 17 on a bright Florida afternoon I witnessed my closest childhood friend take a mans life in a wreckless and drug induced accident. That night I made the decision to switch from snorting to shooting heroin. Fast forward 2 years, multiple trips to detox, 2 rehabs, a mental health facility, many cheap hotels and abandon buildings later I was a homeless, uneducated, unemployable 19 year old heroin addict that had also developed a crack cocaine habit in the process. I was dropped off at the Hickey House by my parents with the hopes that maybe, just maybe, this program would be the one that saved my life. And it did. My parents left, I did my intake, and went to room. As I sat on my bed I heard a knock at the door and was greeted by Mr. Star Bridges. Little did I know at the time how much influence this man and this program would have on my life. Over the next 13 months I maintained complete sobriety from all substances, I maintained employment and planned for the next chapter of my life. I left, continued to stay active in the 12 step program where I moved and used the skills I learned at the Hickey House on a daily basis to maintain my sobriety. But that isn't it, it couldn't be that simple, not for an addict like me and many others. When my initial entry fee was paid there was a promise given that I could return at anytime if I relapsed and needed help. And yes atsome point I did make that decision to begin using again. I not only returned once but multiple times. I would show up, be greeted with open arms, and after a week or so I would leave. At 25, I was living in the 3rd Ward of Uptown New Orleans. I slept in abandoned buildings that had been flooded by Hurricane Katrina. The only possessions I had were the clothes on my back and a cheap pistol. I lived my life like a feral animal that was stuck in a vicious cycle of maintaining a $300+ a day heroin habit as well as the other drugs I could use to further my suicidal spiral down.At some point I banged my head on the wall and said "Help me." 6 years later from my initial intake Mr. Star Bridges picked me up from the Greyhound bus station in Gainesville. I had been released from detox after 3 weeks of coming off of heroin/PCP and had no where else to go so I returned to the Hickey House. Deep inside myself I knew that it would be different this time. I wasn't going to satisfy my parents, I wasn't going because of a court mandate, my wife wasn't sending me on an ultimatum...It was for me. I arrived at the Hickey House broken in every way. Overthe next 10 months, I worked very closely with Star and the staff at the Hickey House. They said jump, and I did. Often times complaining and making sarcastic remarks the whole time, but I did what was recommended and required of me. My family came back into my life and we began repairing our broken relationship. I maintained employment and was able to save money for my departure and independent living. I created great friendships which I maintain to this day. I left the Hickey House and moved to North Philadelphia, I am face to face with the horrors of the current Heroin epidemic on a daily basis. I maintain my sobriety thanks to everything I learned at the Hickey House thanks to the staff and Star. I cant emphasize enough that you will get out what you put in. If you want cushion check into a hotel, Helen has plenty. If you want recovery, this hope to die addict can't think of a better place to get clean

Ian Van Giesen

I am just going to say one thing. This place is a scam, nothing of what they promise on the website. DO NOT make any reservations before you go there and see it with your own eyes. Ask if you can pay with a check so you trace where your money goes (they will say no way. Hmmmm....) Ask to see the certificates of any degrees of the people that work there (they will say, uh oh, nobody has a degree on anything Hmmm...) Then see the place for yourself. Dirty and nasty. If it were really cheap, I would say okay. but to charge 4,500.00 for this piece of junk and you can not even pay with a check, credit card or insurance, it makes you feel cheated. That's how I feel.

Viviane Van Giesen

This is the worst scam you can get involved with. They ask you 5k cash and promise lots of stuff. They ask for cash so they don't report on their tax return. No wonder they don't accept insurance. It is nothing close to what you see in the website. It is dirty, nasty and not taken care of.There is nobody with a degree in anything, just high school. Bunch of mean ex drug addicts taking care of other drug addicts. They say they help you find a job, but guess what kind of jobs they help you with? They send all those kids to work in bars that sell alcohol. There is nothing to do in that town but work in bars selling alcohol. They don't offer counseling, they don't even bring the kids to hike the Unicoi park, right at their footsteps."Ongoing assessment during first 90 days"is a pure lie. "Reduction in treatment past 6 months" is a pure lie. "Life skills" is a joke. Do not go there!!

Leif Burke

8 years ago

Bart kennedy

9 years ago

I find it interesting that as soon as a person posts an honest & well gathered assessment of staff and the facility there is and immediate and overwhelming presence of the staff trying to save face. Where were these reviews before? I think it's rather obvious what's being done here. Before that post their were only 2 reviews done in years. One being very negative with a one star. Suddenly there is another negative post and seems as though it struck a nerve. It is also a true sign of the kind of ethics the Hickey House holds. Making a review of your place of employment and doting over yourself and fellow employees is awfully dishonest and unethical, not to mention and extremely obvious. Treatment facilities often thrive off the importance of honesty. Yet I find this very dishonest and awfully evident. Yet, I'm glad it was done as their character is finally transparent.

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