SMART Recovery® Position Statements

SMART Recovery: Purpose, Mission, Vision

Purpose: To help individuals gain independence from addictive behavior and lead meaningful and satisfying lives. To support the availability of choices in recovery.

Mission: To offer no-fee, self-empowering, science-based, face-to-face and online support groups for abstaining from any substance or activity addiction.

Vision: Think SMART Worldwide!

SMART Recovery: Position, Methods, and Principles

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Disease & Spirituality

Position on Meeting Verifications

SMART Recovery is an independent organization and is not affiliated with any governmental agency, court, corrections facility, or treatment program. Facilitators, at their discretion, will provide attendance verification at the request of individuals following their participation in SMART meetings; however, SMART Recovery keeps no permanent record of participant names or meeting attendance.

Consistent with the practices of other addiction mutual help groups, this verification provides acknowledgment of meeting attendance, and is not indicative of the depth of engagement in the meeting.