Syracuse, NY — A new gym will open Monday on Syracuse’s North Side with brand-new treadmills, a weight rack, fitness balls, yoga mats and even an arcade console with 8,000 free games.

But it takes a special commitment to get in: 48 hours of sobriety from the ravages of opioids and other drugs.

Devin’s Rec Room, which has hosted limited fitness and recovery classes since November, will open its doors next week Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 511 Butternut St.

The non-profit’s goal is to help people who are anywhere in their journey of recovery from drug addiction, according to founder Henry Brigham, who has been in recovery himself for decades.

He called people in recovery “the strongest people I know.”

For now, people primarily hear about the gym through word-of-mouth, though a website advertises its classes and announces its presence to potential donors.

“This is by, and for, people in recovery,” said Brigham, who lost a son, Devin, to overdose in 2001.

Devin Ernest Brigham’s picture hangs on the wall. The football and lacrosse player died just after his 18th birthday, during the first wave of the opioid epidemic that continues to rage more than two decades laterri

County Executive Ryan McMahon announced Thursday that Devin’s Rec Room had received $200,000 in county money from legal settlements with pharmaceutical companies who triggered the opioid epidemic.

In addition to the gym, McMahon also announced roughly $2 million for a trio of other causes: Helio Health to provide mental health services in homeless shelters, Catholic Charities to provide housing and Upstate Medical University for psychiatry fellows.

Brigham, who has been fundraising for more than a year, said that investing in long-term recovery is an important part of the fight against addiction.

“We are helping people win the battle, getting sober, but not the war — that’s the rest of their lives,” Brigham said.

A certified personal trainer and nutrition coach, Brigham said that physical activity can have a big impact in helping people maintain recovery.

He’s being careful with the county’s money: even after extensive renovations, there’s plenty left of the $200,000 left to add programming once normal operations begin, he said.

Other sponsors include the Central New York Community Foundation and Onondaga Community College.

The gym is located on the first floor of an affordable housing complex developed by Housing Visions, at the site of the former Otisca Building near St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. The space previously housed a YWCA gym for women.

“Recovery is beautiful,” said Brigham, a former National Grid manager. “I wouldn’t have my wife, I wouldn’t have my life, if it wasn’t for recovery.”