Oct 24, 2022 | Motivation, SMART News, Volunteer, Women
Guest blog by Natalie Umesi, MD, MBA, SMART Recovery NYC Women’s Meeting Facilitator I feel honored to be a SMART Recovery facilitator. I facilitate local meetings with a group of warm, supportive, and dedicated individuals, led by “G” (Matamoros), who is...
May 18, 2022 | Alcohol, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Motivation, Podcast, SMART News, Women
Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning, best-selling author and opinion writer, whose focus is on changing the narrative of addiction and recovery. Two of her books Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction and Unbroken Brain: A...
Mar 15, 2022 | Motivation, SMART News, Women
As all of us at SMART Recovery celebrate Women’s History Month, it’s a wonderful opportunity to highlight the amazing leadership and accomplishments of so many talented and dedicated women in the addiction sciences, treatment, STEM, and public policy fields. Their...
Feb 15, 2022 | Coping With Urges, Individuals, Lifestyle Balance, Managing Thoughts, Motivation, SMART News
SMART Recovery is excited to announce that the SMART Recovery Mobile App is now available for free download for Apple and Android phones in the U.S. and Canada. Our designers, programmers, coders and UX team integrated everything they learned from our volunteers and...
Jan 14, 2022 | Life Beyond Addiction, Motivation, SMART News, Video
Dennis Irwin’s path to recovery has not been linear. He has had lapses, but has not given up. His love of the people in his SMART Recovery meetings keeps him motivated and wanting to be better. Watch on our YouTube channel. Subscribe to the SMART Recovery...
Jan 12, 2022 | Coping With Urges, Motivation, Podcast, SMART News
Dr. Joe Gerstein is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and First President of SMART Recovery. He is also a retired Harvard University professor and lectures at addiction symposiums. Joe introduced SMART to the world and has facilitated over 3,000...