Way Back Inn – Grateful House – Oak Park, Illinois
412 South Wesley Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Private health insurance
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- SAMHSA funding/block grants
- Monthly
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Addiction Resource Score
Scoring is assigned by a proprietary system which helps surface key metrics that determine quality. The 10-point scale factors in categories such as operations, customer satisfaction, and trust metrics.
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In this guide, we explain exactly how we rate treatment centers—from accreditation and staff credentials to therapy options, facility environment, and family involvement. You'll see how we assign scores, award badges, and update listings to ensure accuracy and fairness. Most importantly, our system focuses on elevating centers that prioritize ethical, evidence-based care, not just those with the best marketing. This way, you can trust that the ratings you see reflect meaningful standards that help you find the right fit for lasting recovery.
8.0
Out of 10
Way Back Inn, with locations in Oak Park, Illinois, offers specialized therapy for people recovering from alcohol, substance, and gambling issues, as well as outpatient programs for adolescents aged 13 to 17. While the program is not gender-specific or faith-based, it does provide a diverse range of inclusive services.
The clinic offers a wide range of services, including detoxification, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient care, intense outpatient programs, partial hospitalization, aftercare, and sober living/halfway houses. Their treatment approaches emphasize comprehensive rehabilitation, including process group therapy, individual therapy, the Matrix Model (didactic groups), family support, yoga, art therapy, music therapy, spirituality, and 12-step peer support groups. The curriculum also stresses life skills, self-care, and daily life activities like housekeeping, cooking, budgeting, and work-life balance.
Way Back Inn is well-known for its holistic approach to addiction recovery, which includes the body, mind, and spirit. Their comprehensive mental health team consists of individuals with advanced degrees in mental health and addiction treatment. Way Back Inn is accredited by the National Recovery Board and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and it also has the GuideStar Transparency Seal, which demonstrates its commitment to quality and ethical operations.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Mentoring/peer support
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Employment counseling or training
- Self-help groups
- Naloxone and overdose education
- Outcome follow-up after discharge
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Alcohol Detoxification
- Opioids detoxification
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Veterans
- Active duty military
- Members of military families
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Pregnant/postpartum women
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Clients who have experienced sexual abuse
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
Treatment Modalities
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Treatment for gambling disorder
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- 12-step facilitation
- Intervention Services
- Motivational interviewing
- Anger management
- Matrix Model
- Relapse prevention
- Holistic Treatment
- Individual psychotherapy
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Substance use treatment
Levels Of Care
- Hospital inpatient treatment
- Outpatient
- Short-term residential
- Long-term residential
- Intensive outpatient treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Aftercare
- Halfway house
License and Accreditation
- Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Early intervention for HIV
- Social skills development
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