Young People in Recovery
YPR envisions a world where all young people have the resources they need to thrive in recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol.
YPR’s mission is to provide the life skills and peer supports to help people recover from substance use disorder and reach their full potential.
YPR’s core values are community, caring, respect, inclusion, and commitment.
Community
YPR values community by creating welcoming spaces for people in– or seeking recovery– from substance use disorder, and their allies.
Caring
YPR values caring by meeting all people where they are in their recovery journeys, and by supporting all pathways of recovery.
RESPECT
YPR values respect by listening to others to understand and by operating with a spirit of intellectual curiosity.
Inclusion
YPR values inclusion by providing a dynamic state where individuals and groups feel safe, respected, engaged, motivated, and valued for who they are and for their contributions.
Chapter Events Calendar
Find free all-recovery meetings and pro-social events in your area.
Find a chapter near you
Start A Chapter
Bring recovery support resources to your community by launching a new YPR chapter.
Join A Chapter
Bring recovery support resources to your community by joining a YPR chapter.
Support Young People in Recovery
Support the YPR movement now with a one-time or recurring gift to help us create recovery-ready communities in all 50 states and beyond.
$25/mo: Be an AGENT of change for one young person who is in recovery from substance use disorder
$50/mo: Become a FOUNDER of recovery-ready activities for one chapter nationwide
$125/mo: Become a SPONSOR of a YPR chapter leader (These individuals are the heroes of everything we do!)
YPR partners with feature
documentary film, Tipping The Pain Scale
Tipping The Pain Scale is a feature documentary film following individuals grappling with the current systemic failures of how we have dealt with addiction in communities and their journey to develop and employ new, innovative, and often controversial solutions to the problem. It is a quasi anthology, weaving characters through their own stories as they connect to the issues plaguing all communities and the country in an urgent fight to save lives.
Heroes & Legends, a new album featuring Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers, Bill Champlin of the band Chicago, Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, and original songs from Richard Page of Mr. Mister, will donate its first year’s proceeds to Young People in Recovery!
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EPIC
My future is EPIC
Phoenix
WHAT IS YPR?
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Founders circle
Join the Founders Circle, YPR’s corporate giving society. Membership supports the general operations of YPR while allowing corporate and nonprofit partners the opportunity to become more engaged in our work.
Thank you to our founders circle supporters
Recovery Corner Podcast
The official YPR podcast, Recovery Corner, engages the wider recovery community by highlighting topics that affect the entire recovery movement and by sharing inspiring personal stories of recovery.
Latest News & Articles
Read more about YPR in the news!
YPR Census
YPR releases an Impact report every year! Check out 2021’s impact report. Download
2021 Impact Report
YPR releases an Impact report every year! Check out 2021’s impact report. Download
Young People in Recovery Receives $3M Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
DENVER: Young People in Recovery (YPR) announced today that it has received a $3M donation from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, one of the largest unrestricted gifts ever to a
Resources
Learn more about YPR and the resources we offer
LGBTQ+ Recovery Resources
YPR is proud to support LGBTQ+ communities. We’ve put together a list of LGBTQ+ specific recovery resources including online communities, events, sober spaces, podcasts, and more! Download
Website Resource Link
Our team has assembled a list of recovery support of resources. Go
American University
American University’s public policy graduate program recently studied YPR’s Recovery-Ready Communities model. Download
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