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 & 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.