There’s Life Beyond Addiction

SMART Recovery can help you get there.

Our mutual support meetings are free and open to anyone
seeking science-based, self-empowered addiction recovery.

HELP FOR MYSELF

I have a harmful habit or addiction
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I am concerned about a
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HELP FOR OTHERS

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community, profession or facility

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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Facilitator Spotlight - JAVIER RODRIGUEZ

Javier Rodriguez is an amazing Facilitator and SMART Recovery advocate who works at Chicago's ABOVE & BEYOND FAMILY RECOVERY CENTER, and amazing non-profit that offers help to thousands in need of addiction recovery services. With the help of SMART Recovery he overcame his addictive behaviors of 30 years and now helps others with their recovery.

For more information about ABOVE & BEYOND, please go to: https://anb.today/

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SMART Recovery Podcast: MIKE HOOPER

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In the United States Army, he was an E-4 Specialist with the 42 INF Div., serving in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As a private person, Michael Hooper was a man struggling with alcohol abuse and depression. He didn’t know where to get help until he called the Veteran’s Crisis Hotline. From there Michael was introduced to SMART Recovery through the VA Hospital. He knew from the first meeting it was “going to be a life changer,” but it wasn’t until a four-month intensive, inpatient program, that Michael realized how valuable the SMART Recovery program was for his survival.

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

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SMART Recovery Podcast: LES WAITE

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Les Waite is a veteran and a clinical psychologist at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, New York. His struggles with addiction lead him to SMART Recovery. Now, he uses the SMART tools daily in his practice for veterans.
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

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SMART Recovery Podcast: KEVIN MINNICK

Kevin Minnick is the [...]

Kevin Minnick is the SMART Recovery Regional Coordinator for Indiana. He is also a probation officer for Hancock County.

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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SMART Recovery Podcast: NICK GOODWIN

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Nick Goodwin is a SMART Recovery facilitator and co-chair of the new Veterans and First Responders meeting starting on November 10th. He is a former Infantry Officer, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines.

In this podcast, Nick talks about:
What led him to join the military
His commission in the Marines
What triggered his alcohol use disorder
Finding SMART Recovery through the Veterans Addiction Recovery Center
Why military veterans gravitate towards SMART
Why battling himself was the hardest battle
How crosstalk is effective in SMART meetings
Substance abuse as a symptom of a mental health problem
What failure means to him
Finding a new life purpose
Starting the first SMART Recovery Online Veterans and First Responders meetingShow More

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