Graduation

Synergy offers Graduation ceremonies to recognize the achievement of individuals who have completed their year of treatment. Each graduate is presented with a personalized plaque that will remain on the wall at Synergy and a medallion to remind them of their commitment to sobriety. Residents are given the opportunity to speak—most thank friends and family and express optimism for the next phase in their lives.

The Synergy Butterfly Award

In 1996, the State of Tennessee made changes to the licensure requirements for all residential drug and alcohol treatment centers. Major building renovations were required in order for Synergy to comply with the new requirements, and for a brief time the fate of our program was uncertain. There were 55 clients enrolled in the residential program, yet licensure rules only allowed eight residents to sleep in this building.

Faced with a major housing crisis but not wanting to turn away any men and women who had come to Synergy for help, Synergy found last minute assistance from the Resurrection Community Church of God. This small congregation opened their hearts and their doors to us for five months, housing men from our program in an unused building at their church.

Synergy was able to successfully completed the renovation process and the building was licensed for 65 men and women. During that time, Synergy went through a metamorphosis, much like a caterpillar turns into a butterfly. In honor of the kindness shown to us by the Resurrection Community Church of God which allowed our transformation, the Synergy Butterfly Award was created. While ALL graduates have completed a phenomenal feat, the Butterfly Award is a special honor that we reserve for one male and one female graduate who have shown a particularly exceptional transformation during their year of treatment at Synergy.