Recovery Aftercare: What Comes After Treatment

Treatment ends on a schedule; recovery does not. Treatment opens some doorways and maybe gives you a rough sketch; here, we hope to help you explore the rooms, form meaningful relationships, dive deeper into yourself, identifying and understanding patterns and truly practicing acceptance with the support of The Community. We are a therapy practice in downtown Alpharetta where recovery is worked in a circle with people doing the same work, in person or by telehealth anywhere in Georgia.

Talk It Through First See the Recovery Rooms

Adults 18 and over. Every group starts with a screening conversation with its facilitator.

Written by The Community's clinical team.

Medically reviewed by A. Umair Janjua, MD, FAPA

QUICK FACTS

What this is: Practice-level step-down support: individual therapy plus regular or weekly recovery groups
Recovery group: The SUD Recovery Process Group, led by Grey Donnell, 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 6:30 PM
What this is not: The Community is not a substance use disorder treatment program
screening: Joining any group begins with a screening conversation to assess for appropriateness and place you in the best group
Individual: Each therapist’s rate is on their page; your fee includes a group at the same frequency
TELEHEALTH: Individual, couples, and family sessions anywhere in Georgia
FIRST STEP: Free 15-minute consult, 404-590-2993

Treatment ends on a schedule; recovery does not.

A standing group is the structure built for exactly that stretch

01WHERE ACCOUNTABILITY THINS OUT

The Gap

Treatment ends on a discharge date. The months after a program are where accountability and meaningful connection usually thin out: the structure and schedule that held everything together disappear, and what replaces it is whatever you build. A standing group is the structure built for exactly that stretch, and at this practice it is not an add-on to therapy; it is half of how therapy works here.

Talk It Through First

Group room at The Community in Alpharetta with a whiteboard and a circle of chairs

02NAMES AND A SNAPSHOT

The Rooms

OPEN, ONGOING · ENROLLING NOW

SUD Recovery Process Group

If you are coming out of treatment, the SUD Recovery Process Group is the recovery group we recommend. It is a 1-hour, in-person open process group that meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 6:30 PM: a recovery accountability and process group led by Grey Donnell, where members bring their lives and recovery into the room, build meaningful connections, deepen self-understanding, recognize and make sense of recurring patterns, and learn to practice acceptance with the support and accountability of the group. It is enrolling now.

Over time, and only if you want to, you can also join one of our general process groups. Many people in recovery find that connecting with people beyond recovery circles deepens the work and the sense of belonging.

FACILITATORGrey DonnellFounder · Certified Addiction Counselor

CLOSED COHORT · COMING EARLY 2027

Building Better Relationships

is a closed cohort for men doing the work of relational intimacy: trauma, shame, and co-dependency. Grey Donnell and Todd Valentine facilitate it, screening for BBR includes 90 days of sobriety, and the cohort is coming in early 2027.

FACILITATORGrey Donnell and Todd Valentine

FORMING NOW

Support Group for Loved Ones of Addicted Persons

is forming now. It is a supportive space for loved ones of people struggling with addiction, recognizing that they carry their own pain, wounds, and patterns that deserve attention. This group offers room to step out of the role of managing someone else’s recovery, focus on your own healing, and discover how your healing can become part of a different path forward for everyone involved.

Names and a snapshot is all this page holds; the full catalog with each group’s status lives on the groups page, and each facilitator’s full background is on their page Grey and Todd.

03YOU KEEP YOUR THERAPIST

How It Fits Around Care You Already Have

If you have a therapist, you keep your therapist: group-only participation exists for exactly this, and with a signed consent, your therapist and the group’s facilitator consult so the two rooms work together instead of as disparate entities. If you want individual therapy here, the practice’s model applies: for our adult clients, individual therapy includes group, with an on-ramp that respects where you are; no one joins a group in week one, and the screening conversation checks readiness before anything begins.

The Community is not a substance use disorder treatment program. The recovery groups here support recovery; they do not replace treatment. If what this season needs is treatment, we will say so warmly and point the way.

See the Recovery Rooms

04EVERY NUMBER PUBLISHED

What It Costs

Individual sessions: each therapist's rate is on their page
A group at your individual frequency: In your fee
Group-only rate, per session: $25 per session
Building Better Relationships: $50 per session for 12 sessions

Full details are on the pricing page.

The full research case for building a practice around community is on our why community page.

05ASKED AND ANSWERED

Frequently Asked Questions

What does aftercare at The Community look like week to week?

For most people it centers on the SUD Recovery Process Group, a standing group entered through a screening conversation with the facilitator, with individual therapy optional alongside it. The rhythm is the point: a room that is there every time, holding the accountability that a program’s schedule used to hold, at whatever frequency you and your therapist set.

Can this replace an IOP or PHP?

No. The Community is an outpatient therapy practice, not a treatment program of any kind, and its recovery groups support recovery rather than replace treatment.

How soon after treatment can someone join?

The screening conversation decides that, person by person: fit, readiness, and safety, in a direct and warm conversation with the group’s facilitator. Our hope is that clients find The Community as part of their aftercare planning.

What about the family?

A Support Group for Loved Ones of Addicted Persons is forming now, and couples and family therapy already exist at the practice. The people around addiction and recovery carry their own weight through it, and the same door works for them: call the main line and the screening conversation goes from there.

Does my loved one need to be your client to join a group?

No. Group-only participation is open to any adult 18 or over, including people in therapy elsewhere, whose therapist stays their therapist, with consent coordinating the two rooms if desired, and people not in therapy at all. Every group begins with the same screening conversation.

What does it cost?

Each therapist’s rate is on their page, and the fee will be confirmed during a free 15-minute consult. A limited number of reduced-fee sessions are available; ask at your consult. A group at the same frequency is included in your individual fee; the group-only rate is $25 per session. Our prices are published on the pricing page, so cost is a conversation before it is ever a surprise.

06SAME-DAY ON WEEKDAYS

When You're Ready

One call begins it: 404-590-2993, same-day response on weekdays (by phone or email), and a free 15-minute consult before anything else.

Start With the Consult

In person in downtown Alpharetta; telehealth anywhere in Georgia.

Just a first name and a number, no clinical details here. Specifics stay for the call.

Therapy office at The Community with a sofa, armchairs and a red rug.