CLEVELAND — Tiffany Hills loves the courtyard behind the building where she currently lives.

“I love how beautiful it is back here,” she said.

But this isn’t her permanent home.

"I came here when I was drinking. It got really bad the last three years,” she said.

Hill is currently living at the Hitchcock Center for Women, a residential addiction treatment center that caters strictly to women.

“What makes us most unique is that we allow kids up until age 13,” said Jason Joyce, president and CEO of the center.

He said other treatment facilities typically don’t allow kids older than five.

The center is currently on the site of the former St. Mary Seminary of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland in the Hough/Glenville community. The center has occupied it since 1992. But, like its resident, they are on the brink of a new beginning.

The center held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for a new 77,000 square foot facility. The $27 million project will double the number of women the center can serve.

“This is a beautiful building, but it wasn’t built with addiction services in mind," Joyce said. "The new building will be built with that in mind."

Joyce said beginning recovery can be scary for anyone, but that fear can be greater for moms who worry about leaving their kids behind

“They’re not just worried about themselves but worried about what might happen to their children," he said. "Will they get taken away? Will they be able to stay with them?”

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb attended the ceremony. He spoke about having spent time at the facility as a child after his mother worked there after graduating college.

“As someone who has seen the pain, the challenge, but the hope that comes from a journey in recovery, I know this place changes lives,” Bibb said.

Hill is grateful she is able to have her 4-year-old son with her while on her journey to recovery.

“I’m supposed to be recovering and getting sober for me, but he’s definitely the biggest reason why,” Hill said.