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About SMART Recovery
Self-Management And Recovery Training (SMART) is a global community of mutual-support groups. At meetings, participants help one another resolve problems with any addiction (to drugs or alcohol or to activities such as gambling or over-eating). Participants find and develop the power within themselves to change and lead fulfilling and balanced lives guided by our science-based and sensible 4-Point Program®.
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SMART Recovery IN THE NEWS - January 2021
Check out these links which were featured in the video:
NEW HERALD about SMART Recovery Bill Greer's speech for the American Humanist Association:
https://www.news-herald.com/news/smart-recovery-presenting-virtual-talk-jan-20-via-zoom/article_f6c6e17c-5a92-11eb-96ad-f71e989996c7.html
Article in KANSAS UNIVERSITY news about the use of SMART Recovery in online addiction support and the establishment of SMARTline - the first-of-its-kind telephone support for people without computers or access to high speed internet:
http://news.ku.edu/2021/01/15/addiction-researchers-recount-how-they-made-recovery-meetings-available-remotely-during
Recently published paper in the JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT on the efficacy of SMART Recovery in online support:
https://www.journalofsubstanceabusetreatment.com/article/S0740-5472(20)30413-X/fulltext
New York Times Article about DRY JANUARY:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/well/alcoholism-pandemic-dry-january.html
CHECKUP & CHOICES website: https://checkupandchoices.com/smartrecovery/?_ga=2.87370584.1922358108.1611600266-2063604626.1560270502
SMART Recovery website: www.smartrecovery.org
To DONATE to SMART Recovery please go to: www.smartrecovery.org/donationShow More

Check out these links which were featured in the video:
NEW HERALD about SMART Recovery Bill Greer's speech for the American Humanist Association:
https://www.news-herald.com/news/smart-recovery-presenting-virtual-talk-jan-20-via-zoom/article_f6c6e17c-5a92-11eb-96ad-f71e989996c7.html
Article in KANSAS UNIVERSITY news about the use of SMART Recovery in online addiction support and the establishment of SMARTline - the first-of-its-kind telephone support for people without computers or access to high speed internet:
http://news.ku.edu/2021/01/15/addiction-researchers-recount-how-they-made-recovery-meetings-available-remotely-during
Recently published paper in the JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT on the efficacy of SMART Recovery in online support:
https://www.journalofsubstanceabusetreatment.com/article/S0740-5472(20)30413-X/fulltext
New York Times Article about DRY JANUARY:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/well/alcoholism-pandemic-dry-january.html
CHECKUP & CHOICES website: https://checkupandchoices.com/smartrecovery/?_ga=2.87370584.1922358108.1611600266-2063604626.1560270502
SMART Recovery website: www.smartrecovery.org
To DONATE to SMART Recovery please go to: www.smartrecovery.org/donationShow More

For more information about ABOVE & BEYOND, please go to: https://anb.today/
For more information about SMART Recovery please go to: www.smartrecovery.org
To DONATE to SMART Recovery please got to: www.smartrecovery.org/donationShow More

The program was effective for Michael because there was a direct sense of purpose and self-empowerment, which resonated with his military training. After completing the facilitator training, he felt compelled to pay it forward and started facilitating his own meetings to share SMART with more people in his Hackensack, New Jersey, community.
Now, in his new role as the Ohio State Outreach Director, Michael will bring his authenticity, passion and lived experiences to new audiences that might otherwise never hear of SMART. He says, “having grown up in a minority neighborhood, the need for non-profit services in these communities is great. The individuals suffering in these communities deserve the same opportunities as everyone else.” He hopes to get more communities involved with meetings and available resources. Michael will also continue to expand outreach within the VAs, schools, and prison systems in Ohio. This is a “boots on the ground position,” he says, that will take him where he is needed because “outreach is here to help save lives.”Show More

In this podcast, Les talks about:
His educational resume that includes learning the teachings of Alfred Adler
Serving in the military during the first Gulf War
Seeing his comrades come back from deployment with trauma issues and finding limited professional resources to help them
How trauma and substance use disorders are linked
His own struggles with addiction
Being introduced to SMART and why he fell in love with the program
Why the VA hospitals' programs dovetail beautifully with SMART's teachings
His “been there, done that” connection with patients
Why the structure and order of the SMART program is effective for veterans
Playing Jonny Appleseed in the VA hospitals by starting SMART meetings everywhere he goes
Motivational interviewing and the stages of change model
Having honest, genuine dialog with his patients about the reasons they are seeing him
Reconnecting a veteran to their own values using the hierarchy of values tool
His post-COVID goals of launching more SMART meetings for veterans and in his communityShow More

In this podcast, Kevin talks about:
How being a professional golfer paid for his master’s degree in counseling
Seeing an ad for SMART Recovery in an underground newspaper in the 1990s
How working in the chemical dependency unit was luck of the draw
Recognizing that many aspects of recovery were not being addressed in 12-step treatment programs
Challenging his supervisor that multiple options for recovery needed to be offered
Taking a client-centered approach to the person’s recovery
Being a clinical coordinator in the drug court
How SMART Recovery’s program shows results
Incorporating the Successful Life Skills book into meetings
Why to become a SMART Recovery facilitatorShow More
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