Abraham Low, a critic of psychoanalysis, stressed the importance of will, the ability to control thoughts and impulses, as fundamental for achieving mental health.

Recovery International ( formerly Recovery, Inc., often referred to simply as Recovery ) is a mental health self-help organization founded in 1937 by neuropsychiatrist Abraham Low in Chicago, Illinois.

Previous Recovery Logo In 1937 Abraham Low was on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and participants in Recovery were limited to those who had been hospitalized in the Psychiatric Institute at the University.

On January 1, 2008 Recovery International Merged with The Abraham Low Institute and provisionally renamed the new organization Recovery International / The Abraham Low Institute ( RI / TALI ).

On January 1, 2009, Abraham Low Self-Help Systems was incorporated, completing the merger of the two organizations.

In 1945, Abraham Low found the average member improved considerably after the first or second week in the program as it existed at that time.

* Abraham Low Self-Help Systems

* Abraham Low Self-Help Systems