Sup­port Groups

SMART Recov­ery (Find Meet­ings Near You) (Vis­it SMART Recov­ery Online)

SMART Recov­ery stands for Self-Man­age­ment and Recov­ery Train­ing, which is a peer-led, mutu­al sup­port group for peo­ple who strug­gle with sub­stances and addic­tive behav­iors. In SMART Recov­ery, we learn tools and tech­niques root­ed in Cog­ni­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py, Ratio­nal Emo­tive Behav­ioral Ther­a­py, Harm Reduc­tion, and Moti­va­tion­al Inter­view­ing to help empow­er indi­vid­u­als to man­age their own recov­ery jour­neys. We do this by focus­ing on 4 main points: Build­ing and Main­tain­ing Moti­va­tion, Cop­ing with Urges, Man­ag­ing Thoughts, Feel­ings, and Behav­iors, and Liv­ing a Bal­anced Life.

• Adults (ages 18 and over) Wednes­days 6:00p‑7:00p Join Now and Sat­ur­days from 10:00 – 11:30a Join Now
• Adult Men’s (ages 18 and over) Thurs­days 6:00p‑7:00p Join Now
• Youth (ages 17 and under) Tues­days from 4:30p – 5:30p Reg­is­ter Now
• LGBTQ+ Adults (ages 18 and over) Tues­days from 5:30 – 7:00p Join Now
• Friends and Fam­i­ly (all ages) Sun­days 1:30p‑2:30p Join Now

For ques­tions or con­cerns con­tact: recoveryresources@​kennethyoung.​org or call 224−229−7456.

In light of COVID-19, all KYC SMART meet­ings are avail­able on Zoom video con­fer­enc­ing. Click here to learn more.

Nar­cotics Anony­mous (Find Meet­ings Near You)

Nar­cotics Anony­mous (NA) meet­ings are 12-step groups for peo­ple in recov­ery from mis­us­ing nar­cotics. Meet­ings are based on spir­i­tu­al prin­ci­ples and con­sist of group read­ings from NA lit­er­a­ture as well as group shar­ing. NA mem­bers are high­ly encour­aged to find spon­sors with­in the group — anoth­er per­son in recov­ery who can serve as a sup­port sys­tem for them. 

Refuge Recov­ery (Find Meet­ings Near You) (Join Online Meet­ings)

Refuge Recov­ery (RR) meet­ings con­sist of med­i­ta­tion, read­ing Refuge Recov­ery lit­er­a­ture, and group shar­ing. RR is based on non-reli­gious Bud­dhist prin­ci­ples and does not require a belief in God or a high­er power. 

Recov­ery Dhar­ma (Find Meet­ings Near You)

Recov­ery Dhar­ma (DR) meet­ings con­sist of explana­to­ry read­ings, a guid­ed med­i­ta­tion, shared read­ings, and group dis­cus­sions. DR is based on Bud­dhist prin­ci­ples and does not require a per­son to self-iden­ti­fy as a Bud­dhist to attend meetings. 

Sober­grid — Social Net­work (Avail­able on iOS) (Avail­able on Google Play)

Look­ing for a sober com­mu­ni­ty? Cre­ate a pro­file (anony­mous or oth­er­wise) on Sober­grid and get con­nect­ed to a Face­book-like net­work of oth­er peo­ple attain­ing sobri­ety. Share posts, pic­tures, per­son­al mes­sages and even join pri­vate groups with oth­ers on this app.

Red­dit Recov­ery (View Forum)

Red­dit is a dig­i­tal social forum in which anony­mous, reg­is­tered mem­bers can sub­mit con­tent to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then vot­ed up or down by oth­er mem­bers. The Red­dit Recov­ery page is a com­mu­ni­ty of mem­bers who dis­cuss recov­ery-relat­ed topics.