Courts & Corrections – SMART Recovery

[Insiders+ Access] Is There a Magic Pill for Alcohol Addiction?

Oct 3, 2022 | Alcohol, Courts & Corrections, Individuals, Insiders+ Access, Managing Thoughts, Podcast, SMART News, Video, Vodcast

Katie Lain is the co-founder of Thrive Alcohol Recovery, an organization that uses the Sinclair Method to help treat alcohol use disorder (AUD). Katie struggled a decade trying to get her drinking under control, but no programs or treatments worked. In searching the...

[Insiders+ First Look] SMART Recovery & Government

Sep 8, 2022 | Courts & Corrections, Insiders+ First Look, Podcast, SMART News, Video, Volunteer

David Koss, JD, is a member of the SMART Recovery Board of Directors and the Director of Government Relations. In his role as director, David monitors what the federal government is doing in terms of addiction and recovery legislation, and advocates for SMART and...

[Insiders+ Access] Secular Alternatives to 12-Step are Now the Law

May 6, 2022 | Courts & Corrections, Insiders+ Access, SMART News, Video

Courts everywhere have mandated that secular, evidence-based addiction treatments, like SMART Recovery, must be offered to individuals as alternatives to 12-Step and other faith-based programs, if they so choose. Much of this is largely thanks to the tireless work of...

Three Strikes But Not Out

Jan 26, 2022 | Courts & Corrections, InsideOut, SMART News, Volunteer

Guest blog by Kareem Starkes – J #56138 My name is Kareem Starkes, I am 47 years old and have been incarcerated in California since 1998. My sentence is 60 years to life. This sentence is a result of California’s “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law. I have a...

Call Them Returning Citizens

Dec 14, 2021 | Courts & Corrections, SMART News, Support SMART

When a person goes to prison, they are given derogatory labels, considered dysfunctional, and somehow seen as “less than” others in society. Often, they are ignored by the outside world and basically put out of mind. And even though the vast majority of these...

[Podcast] Swimming Against the Legislative Tides

Sep 7, 2021 | Courts & Corrections, Podcast, SMART News, Volunteer

Sarah Levin is the founder of Secular Strategies. She is also a lobbyist and coalition builder. Sarah has made it her life’s work to fight for legislation protecting secular points of view. Gerardo (Gee) Matamoros is president of the SMART NYC Board, and...