I have moved from Chicago to Bloomington, IN. Does
anyone know whether there are groups out here or how I
go about finding one?


Thanks.





--- gpawlus <gpawlus@...> wrote:
> It seems we are in the midst of another burst of
> interest in
> starting another adult ADHD support group. We have
> had these bursts
> of interest in the past. We schedule a meeting -
> and the interested
> parties do not show up.
>
> CHADD of Chicago has had an adult support group that
> met at UIC. We
> stopped it because no one was coming. We may
> restart it again - we
> are open to when, where, etc.
>
> We do not need to reinvent the wheel. Getting a
> support group
> going - and keeping it going - is difficult. Donna
> is trying to get
> the one in Highland Park going again. Peter Jaksa
> has one that
> meets downtown. There is a list of Chicago area
> adult ADHD support
> groups at:
> http://chiaddult.tripod.com/support_groups.htm
>
> Try a group before starting your own. CHADD of
> Chicago will try to
> organize one if there is enough interest. If it is
> going to be the
> same few people, we can just get together on our own
> as we need to.
> There is no point in trying to run a group for
> people who will not
> show up.
>
> Last, but not least, do not expect a support group
> to be super
> convenient to you in terms of location and time.
> There are enough
> alcoholics trying to get help so that there is
> always a convenient
> AA meeting. There are not enough adults with ADHD
> looking for help
> for there to be lots of convenient meetings. If you
> are serious
> about working on your ADHD, expect to devote some
> time to it - both
> in terms of getting to meetings and spending times
> at meetings.
>
> The next CHADD of Chicago chapter meeting is on
> Tuesday, March 2.
> If you want to form an adult support group under the
> auspices of
> CHADD of Chicago, show up at the chapter meeting and
> we can set
> aside some time to talk about it.
>
> Please note that this message board is for CHADD of
> Chicago. If you
> want to organize a support gorup on your own, please
> continue the
> discussion on the general message board for Chicago
> area adults with
> ADHD:
> http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/chiaddult/
>
>



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