The Recovering Communities of Step Ahead is a post-treatment community-based living environment for people recovering from alcoholism and substance abuse. Our goal is to help recovering people develop a foundation for a lifetime of sobriety by providing a safe,structured, supportive, and enriching environment while they learn and apply a new design for living.
Step Ahead is a 501c3, Non-Profit, Tax Exempt, Charitable organization effective June 2, 2004.

“Perhaps the best thing of all for me is to remember that my serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations. The higher my expectations……the lower is my serenity.”
P452, Big Book, 3rd Edition

Step Ahead has and always will treat recovering men and women with respect, dignity, and grace, so imperative for recovery from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.

Highly recommended by social service agencies and treatment centers throughout metro Chicago and the Midwest, Step Ahead has a fourteen-year history of success in helping clients gain the knowledge and confidence to lead a self-directed plan of recovery as they discover who they are and who they can become.

Step Ahead offers individual, group, and family counseling, in addition to self-help meetings. Step Ahead volunteers at various local agencies and warmly accepts those who wish to volunteer at or for Step Ahead. Step Ahead has community dinners, outings, and spirituality retreats for its residents, alumni, and supporters.
Also, Step Ahead offers its residents, alumni, and supporters the opportunity of fellowship among those who are on a similar path towards good and purposeful living.

Step Ahead has not and will not professionalize the Twelfth Step of Alcoholics Anonymous. We have and will continue providing a conducive environment for recoveing people to have the opportunity to do Twelfth Step Work.