For the latest information about the coronavirus visit the State of Illinois Coronavirus Response website.
To better understand how to prepare and cope during the COVID-19 outbreak you can find below resources to support treatment and recovery service providers, people who may be using substances, people in recovery, and other allies. People using substances and those in early recovery have added challenges and risks during this time and should take extra care.
Support for people who may be using substances
- Harm Reduction Coalition: Safer Drug Use During the COVID-19 Outbreak
- Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution programs in IL: Find a site near you
- Overdose prevention/naloxone information: OD prevention, where to get naloxone (Narcan), etc.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): COVID-19: Potential Implications for Individuals with Substance Use Disorders
Support for people new in early and long-term recovery
- Yale Program in Addiction Medicine: COVID-19 Guidance for Patients Engaged in Substance Use Treatment
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Comprehensive information around substance use and mental health and COVID-19
- Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR): Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) & the Recovery Community
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Information and Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Comprehensive information and updates
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Emotional Well-being During the COVID-19 Outbreak
- Social distancing and recovery from substance use: https://hria.org/2020/03/19/social-distancing-recovery/
- Illinois Department of Human Services: Information on how to connect for support with services such as food, health insurance, housing, benefits and more
- Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH): Updated daily with the latest information about COVID-19 in Illinois
- State of Illinois Coronavirus Response: Latest from the state of Illinois on responding to COVID-10
- The Phoenix: A free, sober, active community now with virtual classes
Recovery meetings online
- Virtual Recovery Resources/Online mutual aid meetings: A SAMHSA tip sheet with resources that can be used to virtually support recovery from mental/substance use disorders
- Apps for alcohol addiction recovery: free and low-cost apps to aid your recovery
- Alcoholics Anonymous: Offers online meetings with specialized topics with a variety of meeting formats (i.e. chat, text, e-mail, etc.)
- Narcotics Anonymous: Able to search for online meetings in multiple languages
- Smart Recovery: Mutual support meetings are science-based, self-empowered addiction recovery
- LifeRing Secular Recovery: Provides mutual support online meetings using Zoom
- Women For Sobriety: 24/7 message board where women can share and seek support for their recovery, as well as online text chat meetings that occur 2 times a day
- In the Rooms: Offers online meetings with specialized topics and multiple modalities, including 12 step, non-12 step, over all wellness, and overall mental health
- The Addiction Recovery Guide: Offers a variety of online communications, including chat rooms, message boards, etc.
- Step Chat Recovery Chat Rooms: Offers a variety of meetings based on an already set schedule using text chat
- 12Step.org: Offers a variety of online meetings and various other outside resources
Support for loved ones
- Al-Anon: Online meetings of mutual support for those who are struggling with the effects of someone else’s drinking
- Alateen: Chat Meetings for 13-18 year olds who are struggling with the effects of someone else’s drinking
- Allies in Recovery: Online community of support for families with a loved one in active addiction. Free for membership during COVID-19 crisis
- Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution programs in IL: Find a site near you
- Overdose prevention/naloxone information: OD prevention, where to get naloxone (Narcan), etc.
- Illinois Department of Human Services: Information on how to connect for support with services such as food, health insurance, housing, benefits and more
- Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH): Updated daily with the latest information about COVID-19 in Illinois
- State of Illinois Coronavirus Response: Latest from the state of Illinois on responding to COVID-10
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Comprehensive information and updates
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Information and Resources
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Emotional Well-being During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Support for Providers
Support for Spanish Speakers
Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC)
- Cómo protegerse coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
- Nuevo coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
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