1. No Alcohol or Drugs allowed. ALL “Energy shots” such as Kratom, CBD, Red Dawn, sleepwalkers etc are PROHIBITED. RELAPSE IS AN AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL.

2. Disrespecting, lying to, defying, or any other non-complying behavior toward Staff is grounds for disciplinary action including dismissal.

3. No smoking or vaping inside any Hickey House facility or off-site meeting space. No tobacco use allowed indoors. Disposable Vaporizers are allowed, Refillable Vaporizers are PROHIBITED.

4. No physical violence or threat of violence by any residents will be tolerated either on or off Hickey House Property. Fighting means automatic dismissal.

5. Destruction of personal or Hickey House Property, whether intentional or otherwise is grounds for dismissal.

6. No food or drinks are allowed in residents’ rooms, period.  No dishes are allowed in residents’ rooms.  Failure to comply will result in extra chores and or dismissal.

7. No products that burn are allowed at the Hickey House.  This includes incense, candles, etc.  All prohibited items will be confiscated and disposed of.

8. No weapons of any type are allowed on Hickey House Property.

9. All residents must work a full time 40 hour/week job or the equivalent in community service. Full time college is allowed after 180 days in Program.

10. No Gambling allowed in any Hickey House facility, or off-site. This includes scratch offs, ding-ding machines and online poker. VIOLATORS WILL BE FINED $50.

11. Each resident must keep his personal habitat sanitary and neat. This includes the making of beds each morning. All residents will be awake and out of bed by 9am each weekday morning. Laundry must be done once a week.

12. All first-year residents will respect an 11pm curfew. A resident’s whereabouts must be indicated on the accountability board.  Work is the only exception to curfew.

13. MEETINGS: All first-year residents are required to attend all meetings on the meeting schedule. A minimum of one meeting per day is required. Meetings attendance is only excused by the Program Director. Attendance is mandatory. If you do not have a full-time job or school, you are required to attend the noon group and the evening group.  If you are not at work or school, you are expected to be in the meeting when we are having one.  Staff will monitor this compliance and written assignments will be assigned for absentees. Tardiness will result in a written assignment. Please remain seated for the entire duration of the meeting. Getting up repeatedly will result in a written assignment.

14. Proper attire is expected of all participants in meetings. No pajamas. Shoes/shirt required. 

15. All residents will respect a 10pm Quiet Time. All public areas, including the kitchen and gym, etc. close at 10pm. 

16. All residents will be required to pay $30.00 per week for house money. This is in addition to the $275.00 weekly Program Cost. This money is to cover the food cost of each house. Any resident more than two weeks behind on house money will be dismissed. NO EXCEPTIONS.

17. No resident will be allowed a vehicle for the first 180 days. Residents are not allowed to drive anyone else’s vehicle while in the Hickey House program. If a resident is re-admitted into the Hickey House, they will not be given driving privileges for at least 90 days.  Cars are a privilege, not a right in the Hickey House. Misuse will result in keys being taken for 30 days. 

18. No one is to leave the White County area without verbal permission from the Director.

19. No females are allowed on Hickey House property at any time.

20. All residents are responsible for the cleanliness, appearance, and maintenance of their respective house. Cleaning Meetings will be scheduled to maintain Military Standard. This will be a collective effort.

21. All residents are responsible for the completion of their assigned daily chore. 

22. New residents are not allowed to leave the house alone for 30 days. They will be assigned a “mentor” that will help them for the first 30 days. 

23. PASSES:  After 90 days a resident may fill out a “pass request form” for the purpose of a pass. One pass per month, per resident. Pass request forms should be either filled out online or given to Resident Managers (staff). FULL COMPLIANCE is required during that time to earn the pass. Residents must submit in advance the itinerary and location of the requested pass. Rent and house money must be paid in full before a Resident is allowed to leave on pass.

24. No visitation for the first 30 days. After 30 days, visitation is limited to once per week. All visitations must be approved in advance by the Director. Only immediate family unless otherwise approved. 

25. No unauthorized prescription medications are allowed. No Alcohol based personal hygiene products, or cough syrups. All medications must be kept locked up and dispensed by Staff unless they have been approved to be held by the resident. All medications will be discussed prior to admission. Failure to comply means automatic dismissal.

26. Accountability Boards will be used by all residents in each facility. Be specific about your location and who you are with on the board. Failure to comply will result in extra chores, house restriction, and/or dismissal.

27. Tattoo parlors, Head shops, vape shops, Smoke shops, Bars, Dispensaries, liquor stores, the Chevron, Mondays, Slice of Helen, & Pawn shops or otherwise are off limits to all residents. Residents are not allowed to work at Big Daddys, Mondays, Slice of Helen, or Nacoochee Tavern.  The program director will have ultimate discretion on approved workplaces. 

28. No cell phone, food or tobacco use during any Group, inside or outside meetings.  If the meeting you are in requires use of the book, you may not use your phone as a. substitute. NO CELLPHONE USE IN ANY MEETING, PERIOD.

29. Cross talk, laughter, disruptions or disrespecting the Meeting facilitator will result in immediate expulsion from the meetings and a review for Dismissal by the Program Director.

30. Behavior unbecoming to sobriety will not be tolerated and privileges will be revoked, and a written assignment will be given. Disciplinary action for non-compliance to the aforementioned heretofore approved rules will include, but not be limited to: staffing, extra chores, loss of privileges (such as driving privileges), house restriction, and/or dismissal from the program.