Welcome to Breaking Free's Website!!

This year Breaking Free celebrates its thirtieth year of working with families in our community.  It seems like only yesterday that Breaking Free opened its doors and began reaching out to those struggling with addiction and abuse.

Founded in 1975 as the Citizens Advisory Board in Aurora, Breaking Free is truly a grassroots organization.  1977 brought incorporation and tax exempt status and since then, as they say, the rest is history.  We now are an organization that serves families in the far western suburbs of Chicago with dedicated prevention and clinical staff.  Last year we served over 6500 clients.  A passionate board and talented staff have been the driving force to our expansion.  This year we are happy to say we have realized a long term goal by purchasing a building that provides a permanent home from which we can continue to serve the community.

As we look to the future, the organization is focused on one goal, to provide the highest quality education, prevention, and counseling services to those in need.  As you look at our website, we hope you will see how important the support we receive from our communities is to our success.  We are truly blessed to work in communities that believe in our efforts and support our endeavors.

With the purchase of a permanent home comes many new exciting possibilities.  Our board and staff remain dedicated to our mission and work together to facilitate positive transformations in our lives and the lives we serve.  We look forward to thirty more years of strengthening families one person at a time.

Cynthia Heibel                                     

President  

Board of Directors

Michael Moran, MA, CADC               

Executive Director