All Recovery leaders receive annual authorization from the board of directors. Leaders from each of Recovery's 55 geographical areas hold monthly training meetings for leaders. Members of the leader training committee travel to each area regularly to conduct training conferences. May. Recovery's policies are set by an unpaid, 12-person board of directors. Directors, who are from widespread geographical locations, are elected by the membership to three-year terms.
All board members are former patients and authorized group leaders.
The board elects its own officers. In keeping with the principles of self management, the Recovery president represents the organization as its chief executive officer. Recovery's headquarters is in a modest brownstone near downtown Chicago. The staff provides services to Recovery's members and group leaders as well as to the board of directors and its committees To fulfill its goal of making Dr. Low's self-help method available to those who may need it, the organization encourages use of its services as a valuable community mental health resource and an adjunct to professional care.