Resources

10 guiding principles of recovery

  1. Recovery emerges from hope.

  2. Recovery is person-driven.

  3. Recovery occurs via many pathways.

  4. Recovery is holistic.

  5. Recovery is supported by peers and allies.

  6. Recovery is supported through relationship and social networks.

  7. Recovery is culturally-based and influenced.

  8. Recovery is supported by addressing trauma.

  9. Recovery involves individual, family, and community strengths and responsibility.

  10. Recovery is based on respect.

See SAMHSA's Recovery Support Initiative (samhsa.gov/recovery).

Numbers to know

Crisis

  • Emergency Services: 911

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline (24/7): 800-799-7233

  • Suicide Hotline (connects you to local resources)(24/7): 800-784-2433

  • Chicago Mental Health Crisis Hotline (24/7): 773-769-0205

Help

  • Chicago Alcoholics Anonymous (24/7): 312-346-1475; chicagoaa.org

  • Chicagoland Narcotics Anonymous (24/7): 708-848-4884; chicagona.org

  • Cincinnati Peer Support Warmline (mental health)(24/7): 513-931-9276

  • San Francisco Sex Info Line (M-Th 5p-11p, F 5-8p, Sa 4-7p): 415-989-7374

  • Backline Pregnancy Options Line (M-Th 8p-1a, F-Su 1p-6p): 888-493-0092

Organizations to know

  • Chicago Healing Justice Network: facebook.com/ChicagoHealingJusticeNetwork

  • Chicago Action Medical: chicagoactionmedical.wordpress.com

  • Sage Community Health Collective: sagecommunityhealth.org

  • Chicago Women's Health Center: chicagowomenshealthcenter.org

Instructors

A. Grace Keller is a civilian crisis response trainer and a member of Chicago Action Medical. She has twelve years of experience as a front-line health worker, educator, and health systems designer in urban, small-town, and backwoods environments. She maintains an interest in how lay health workers address complex social situations and trauma using what is always already to hand in their lives and landscapes.

Shira Vardi is a licensed clinical social worker, a Guild-certified Feldenkrais body-awareness practitioner, and an educator. For ten years, Shira has worked with people through challenging life transitions, including domestic violence, illness, typical aging and elder abuse, and professional growth and development. Shira founded Encounters in Motion, which provides mindfulness services (Feldenkrais, meditation, dance) to individuals, groups, and organizations. Shira is committed to supporting culture change in the direction of self-care, sharing our human vulnerabilities, and fostering connection.