Next Right Step

Assist­ing Those in Recovery

Drug and alco­hol abuse are a real lethal com­bi­na­tion that our com­mu­ni­ties deal with every day. There are 23 mil­lion Amer­i­cans addicted to alco­hol and drugs with dev­as­tat­ing con­se­quences not only for the addicts and their fam­i­lies but also the com­mu­ni­ties they live in. In 2002 the state of Ten­nessee and con­cerned cit­i­zens estab­lished the 21st Drug Court to assist adult non-violent, addicted offend­ers in rebuild­ing their lives. Their efforts were a giant step in the right direc­tion, but fell short once the par­tic­i­pant left the pro­gram and tried to re-enter soci­ety. That is the gap Next Right Step (NRS) spans by lit­er­ally pro­vid­ing the “next right step” for suc­cess­ful re-entry. By pro­vid­ing rela­tion­ally based assis­tance, using a whole-person approach, Next Right Step walks along­side a client lov­ing them through the tri­als of transition.

For­est Home’s Tommy Daniel is a long time advo­cate on behalf of recov­er­ing adults. Over the last five years he has worked in Williamson County doing indi­vid­ual and group coun­sel­ing as well as case man­age­ment in the field of com­mu­nity cor­rec­tions. Tommy also has exten­sive expe­ri­ence as an indus­try leader in man­age­ment, mar­ket­ing, team build­ing, con­flict res­o­lu­tion and orga­ni­za­tional strat­egy. Tommy is the founder and exec­u­tive of Next Right Step.