ABOUT ANTIOCH RECOVERY CLUB
Located a couple hours north of Chicago, the Antioch Recovery Club is a community center for men and women in recovery from addiction. The club is not a treatment facility or counseling center. Rather, it hosts numerous 12-step meetings throughout each day, as well as sober social events for members and their families.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
Participation at Antioch Recovery Club is membership-based, and anyone in recovery may join by applying via the facility’s website, and members utilize it for meetings, fellowship, and 12-step work with sponsors and/or sponsees.
All club meetings are based on the 12-step program. The facility hosts both open and closed meetings facilitated by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Al-Anon Family Groups, Heroin Anonymous (HA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and Overeaters Anonymous (OA). Closed meetings are restricted to members and prospective members of Antioch Recovery Club, while open meetings are available for students, professionals, and other non-members to attend.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
As Antioch Recovery Club is not a treatment facility, no clinical staff are employed. Those who serve members of the facility do so on a voluntary basis. Most activities are committee-run, and members have an opportunity to serve on the center’s board.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
Benefits include use of the club’s Wi-Fi, TV, pool table, and arcade/board games. The club is open 365 days per year.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
Best-rehabs.com has not yet received any reviews from this facility’s alumni, but ratings left on secondary review sites indicate that Antioch Recovery Center is a valuable resource within the local recovery community. The center’s Facebook page has an average rating of 4.7 out of five stars based on 15 reviews. [1] Shelly referred to the facility a “great place,” and Ann wrote: “I have found a family around these tables and in the hearts of all.”
The three reviews on Google also all awarded five out of five stars. [2] In his review, Bill wrote: “What a wonderful place to attend meetings! Tranquil and peaceful environment where all our welcome no matter what your addiction, drugs, alcohol or both!”
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
The one anonymous family member surveyed by Best-rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave the facility four and five out of five stars in multiple categories, including for its connectivity policies, family participation, cleanliness/maintenance, and affordability. Yet, this reviewer noted the center’s lack of housing support: “The group meetings and help with the steps were strengths of the facility. However, it was not a boarding facility.”
FINANCING
The club is funded by charitable contributions and membership fees, and board members are not compensated. Membership fees vary depending on age and/or sober time, with costs ranging from $5 to $10 per month.
[1] See reviews on the facility’s Facebook page.
[2] See reviews on Google.