Instead of meeting in churches, a Kansas City addiction recovery group tries a secular approach ^46.2%

KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Anne Kniggendorf - 6/26/2026, 9:00 AM

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Church basements are stereotypical settings for addiction recovery meetings. And Michael DePriest says he understands why, but that, maybe, it’s time for them to move into the daylight. So DePriest, the founder and director of the nonprofit recovery community organization MyRecoveryKC, developed a program that’s secular and takes place... more