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Icebreakers for Cohesiveness at Your SMART Recovery Meeting
Improve Group Cohesion with Recovery Related Topics By Connie N. While group cohesion is built in many ways, one way is to allow time for the group members to simply get to know one another. Cohesiveness is important to any group’s effectiveness, and in...
read moreSMART Recovery at Hope Rehab Thailand
I can still remember the day I first learned about SMART Recovery. It was two years ago in a major city in Southeast Asia. The room was dark and dirty from the fallout of my addictive behavior – filled with just a smelly old couch and a dingy blanket. I was...
read moreCheckUp & Choices’ Simple Digital Tools for Alcohol Recovery
Online Features for SMART Members to Know by Dr. Reid Hester The CheckUp & Choices online program is designed to empower your SMART Recovery. Based on SMART principles (Self-Management and Recovery Training), the non-judgmental program features simple yet effective...
read moreWhy is quitting smoking so hard?
When we try to leave old unwanted behaviors behind, we look to the thoughts and beliefs that block us, such as thinking “I can’t quit,” or “it’s too hard.” Pleasures are not addictive. You choose to addict yourself to them. This happens when you create a set of...
read moreWhy We Give to Support SMART Recovery Training
Why we give to support SMART Recovery Training By Julie Flood and Peter Heide, Albany Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Our decision to begin a SMART Recovery group meeting was based on our local demand for those who are seeking self-directed change. Facilitating SMART...
read morePlans for SMART Recovery Conference 2018 are Underway
by Brett Saarela, Chair, SMART Recovery Conference Team This year’s SMART Recovery Conference will be held from September 21-23, 2018 at the DoubleTree Hilton Phoenix-Tempe located in Tempe, Arizona. In addition to presentations from our SMART community, several...
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