Groups Recover Together

About Groups Recover Together

Groups Recover Together in Urbandale, Iowa, is part of a national outpatient network that has treated opioid use disorder since 2014. They pair medication with weekly group counseling and practical life support, and members can attend in person at a local office or virtually through the Groups app. Their approach is deliberately judgment-free, built around the understanding that recovery rarely follows a straight line. They accept most commercial insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare, and offer discounted self-pay options for people without coverage.

Getting started is quick: after a virtual intake with a counselor and a physician, many members receive a Suboxone prescription and a spot in a recovery group within about one business day. Providers can also prescribe comfort medications to ease withdrawal, and in some states they offer long-acting injectable medication as an alternative to Suboxone. The core time commitment is a one-hour group therapy session each week, led by a licensed counselor, with evening, weekend, and online times available. Members complete weekly confidential urine screens, and positive results are treated as a reason to adjust care rather than to punish, while staff also help with needs such as housing, employment, insurance applications, food, and transportation.