Resources
10 guiding principles of recovery
Recovery emerges from hope.
Recovery is person-driven.
Recovery occurs via many pathways.
Recovery is holistic.
Recovery is supported by peers and allies.
Recovery is supported through relationship and social networks.
Recovery is culturally-based and influenced.
Recovery is supported by addressing trauma.
Recovery involves individual, family, and community strengths and responsibility.
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.