Community Resources

AIDS Hotline
800.243.2437

Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, Chicago chapter

Alcoholics Anonymous Chicago Offfice
312.346.1475

Chicago Bar Association
312.554.2000

City of Chicago Domestic Violence Hotline
877.863.6338

Gamblers Anonymous
213.386.8789

Illinois Dept of Child & Family Services (DCFS)
Child Abuse Hotline
800.25.ABUSE (Illinois)
800.358.5117 (TTY)
217.524.2606 (outside Illinois)

Illinois Dept on Aging Elder Abuse and Neglect Hotline
800.252.8966

 

LGBT Abuse Hotline
773.871.2273

LGBT Chicago Resources
773.388.1600

Local Rape Crisis Hotline
888.293.2080

Narcotics Anonymous Hotline
708.848.4884

National Domestic Violence Hotline
800.799.7233

National Rape Crisis Hotline
800.813.5433

National Suicide Prevention Hotline
800.273.8255

Sex Addicts Anonymous

Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous
Chicago Office
312.409.0771

 

 

Recommended Books

Facing the Shadow, Patrick Carnes, Ph.D

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, MD

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love, by Sonya Renee Taylor and Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy, Jessica Fern

The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love, Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton

Becoming Cliterate, Dr. Laurie Mintz

Wired for Love, Stan Tatkin, Psy.D.

Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love, Pia Mellody, Andrea Wells Miller, J. Keither Miller

Codependent No More, Melody Beattie

Prodependence, Robert Weiss

Help her Heal: An Empathy Workbook for Sex Addicts to Help their Partners Heal, Carol Juergensen Sheets, Allan J. Katz

Mending a Shattered Heart, Second Edition, Edited by Stefanie Carnes, Ph.D

Don’t Call It Love, Patrick Carnes, Ph.D

Closer Together, Further Apart, Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S and Jennifer Schneider, M.D., PhD

Ready to Heal: Breaking Free of Addictive Relationships, Kelly McDaniel

Sex Addiction 101: A Basic Guide to Healing from Sex, Porn and Love Addiction Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S

The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships, Patrick Carnes, Ph.D

Always Turned On: Sex Addiction in the Digital Age, Robert Weiss, LCSW, CSAT-S and Jennifer Schneider, M.D., PhD

Addictive Thinking; Understanding Self-Deception, Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.

Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners, Kenneth Adams, Ph.D

Healing The Shame That Binds You, John Bradshaw

The Hero With A Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell

Ending the Struggle Against Yourself by Stan Taubman, D.S.W.