SMART Recovery Videos
About SMART Recovery (Self-Management And Recovery Training).
SMART Recovery is the world’s largest community of self-empowering, science-based addiction related support meetings. We started in 1994 as a small nonprofit, and have since grown to thousands of face-to-face meetings all over the U.S. and around the world. We also offer online meetings, including Zoom video conferencing, 24×7 chat rooms, online message boards, and much more. Best part is, it’s free of charge! Learn more about what SMART is (and isn’t) in this helpful video.
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How to find a SMART Recovery ONLINE Meeting
If you regularly attend a SMART Recovery Face-to-Face meeting, are looking to start going, but are unsure about the status of any meeting, please watch this helpful video. It will guide you on how to use the smartrecovery.org website to locate a current meeting, and check its current status. If the meeting has moved online, this video will help you find the link to access meeting online via Zoom Video Conferencing. The video also gives you easy step-by-step instructions for how to register for the SMART Recovery Online Community (or SROL) and find even more online meetings.
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How to find a SMART Recovery ONLINE [...]
If you regularly attend a SMART Recovery Face-to-Face meeting, are looking to start going, but are unsure about the status of any meeting, please watch this helpful video. It will guide you on how to use the smartrecovery.org website to locate a current meeting, and check its current status. If the meeting has moved online, this video will help you find the link to access meeting online via Zoom Video Conferencing. The video also gives you easy step-by-step instructions for how to register for the SMART Recovery Online Community (or SROL) and find even more online meetings.
Questions or concerns, please write to us at: importantnews@smartrecovery.orgShow More
Questions or concerns, please write to us at: importantnews@smartrecovery.orgShow More
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SMART Recovery Meeting Facilitator [...]
In this first part of a two part talk, hear KATHY LANG explain her journey to SMART Recovery and how she turned a personal tragedy into help for friends and family of people suffering from addiction.
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Unconditional Other Acceptance [...]
One of the core principles in SMART Recovery is the idea of ACCEPTANCE - of yourself, your life, and OTHERS in your life. In this Tips & TOOLS episode we follow up on last month’s topic of UNCONDITIONAL SELF ACCEPTANCE (USA) and break down UNCONDITIONAL OTHER ACCEPTANCE (UOA) and its powerful impact on your recovery.
More info at: www.smartrecovery.org
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More info at: www.smartrecovery.org
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VIDEO PODCAST: SMART Clarifies [...]
Recently, the SMART Recovery USA Board made a minor but important change by replacing the term “abstinence-based” with “abstinence-oriented” in describing our approach to helping people. This is because people with opioid addiction are dying from overdoses when their “abstinence-based” treatment and recovery support preclude the use of opioid agonist medications, such as methadone and buprenorphine. A large part of the U.S. treatment and recovery support world continues to regard the use of these medications as “substituting one drug for another.”
SMART strongly opposes this position because these agonists help maintain tolerance to protect people from deadly overdoses when they relapse, which is common in opioid use recovery. This position is shared by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, American Medical Association, American Society of Addiction Medicine, World Health Organization, and many other prominent authorities worldwide.
More info at: https://www.smartrecovery.org/smart-announces-move-toward-abstinence-oriented-recovery-support/Show More
SMART strongly opposes this position because these agonists help maintain tolerance to protect people from deadly overdoses when they relapse, which is common in opioid use recovery. This position is shared by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, American Medical Association, American Society of Addiction Medicine, World Health Organization, and many other prominent authorities worldwide.
More info at: https://www.smartrecovery.org/smart-announces-move-toward-abstinence-oriented-recovery-support/Show More
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Stages of Change - TIPS & TOOLS for [...]
Developed by Dr. Carlo DiClemente, the STAGES OF CHANGE model is a very important way to look at your recovery from a long-term perspective. What STAGE are you in?
Interested in hearing more from Dr. DiClemente: Check out his recent presentation at the SMART Recovery 2019 National Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBfbo…
Questions/Concerns/Suggestions? Please email us at: tipsandtools@smartrecovery.org
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Interested in hearing more from Dr. DiClemente: Check out his recent presentation at the SMART Recovery 2019 National Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBfbo…
Questions/Concerns/Suggestions? Please email us at: tipsandtools@smartrecovery.org
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Tips & Tools
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Unconditional Other Acceptance (UOA) - TIPS & TOOLS for RECOVERY that WORK! - EP 8
One of the core principles in SMART Recovery is the idea of ACCEPTANCE - of yourself, your life, and OTHERS in your life. In this Tips & TOOLS episode we follow up on last month’s topic of UNCONDITIONAL SELF ACCEPTANCE (USA) and break down UNCONDITIONAL OTHER ACCEPTANCE (UOA) and its powerful impact on your recovery.
More info at: www.smartrecovery.org
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More info at: www.smartrecovery.org
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Unconditional Other Acceptance [...]
One of the core principles in SMART Recovery is the idea of ACCEPTANCE - of yourself, your life, and OTHERS in your life. In this Tips & TOOLS episode we follow up on last month’s topic of UNCONDITIONAL SELF ACCEPTANCE (USA) and break down UNCONDITIONAL OTHER ACCEPTANCE (UOA) and its powerful impact on your recovery.
More info at: www.smartrecovery.org
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More info at: www.smartrecovery.org
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Stages of Change - TIPS & TOOLS for [...]
Developed by Dr. Carlo DiClemente, the STAGES OF CHANGE model is a very important way to look at your recovery from a long-term perspective. What STAGE are you in?
Interested in hearing more from Dr. DiClemente: Check out his recent presentation at the SMART Recovery 2019 National Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBfbo…
Questions/Concerns/Suggestions? Please email us at: tipsandtools@smartrecovery.org
For more information on SMART Recovery: www.smartrecovery.orgShow More
Interested in hearing more from Dr. DiClemente: Check out his recent presentation at the SMART Recovery 2019 National Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBfbo…
Questions/Concerns/Suggestions? Please email us at: tipsandtools@smartrecovery.org
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Unconditional Self Acceptance (USA) [...]
UNCONDITIONAL SELF ACCEPTANCE or USA is an important exercise because as anyone in recovery knows, addiction to any substance or behavior generates a host of emotions, many of them quite negative, that can undermine your feelings of self-worth. When your self-worth takes a hit, remember one of the core values of SMART Recovery: YOU ARE NOT YOUR BEHAVIOR.
Questions/Concerns/Suggestions? Please email us at: tipsandtools@smartrecovery.org
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Questions/Concerns/Suggestions? Please email us at: tipsandtools@smartrecovery.org
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Vital Absorbing Creative Interest [...]
The VACI or Vital Absorbing Creative Interest exercise is a SMART Recovery tool designed to help you think about new, healthful ways to find pleasure, fulfillment or just simple contentment from activities that don’t rely on your substance or addictive behaviors of choice, and ultimately aim to REPLACE them.
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The Hierarchy of Values Tool (HOV) [...]
Developed by SMART Recovery Founder Dr. Joe Gerstein, the Hierarchy of Values Exercise, or HOV tool can help anyone build and maintain their motivation to stay on track in their recovery. What do you value most in life? And is addiction on the list?
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2019 SMART Recovery National Conference
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Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D., Presents at the 2019 SMART Recovery Conference
Presentation Topic: Are Relapse and Recycling Necessary for Addictive Behavior Change?
Are relapse and recycling needed for recovery? Who better to answer this question than Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D., the co-creator of the Stages of Change model? In this highly informative presentation, Dr. DiClemente discusses relapse models, recycling and relapse, how they fit together, and the need to rethink the term “relapse.”
Click here to download a PDF of Dr. DiClemente's presentation slides: https://www.smartrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carlo-DiClemente-FINAL.pdfShow More
Are relapse and recycling needed for recovery? Who better to answer this question than Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D., the co-creator of the Stages of Change model? In this highly informative presentation, Dr. DiClemente discusses relapse models, recycling and relapse, how they fit together, and the need to rethink the term “relapse.”
Click here to download a PDF of Dr. DiClemente's presentation slides: https://www.smartrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carlo-DiClemente-FINAL.pdfShow More
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Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D., Presents [...]
Presentation Topic: Are Relapse and Recycling Necessary for Addictive Behavior Change?
Are relapse and recycling needed for recovery? Who better to answer this question than Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D., the co-creator of the Stages of Change model? In this highly informative presentation, Dr. DiClemente discusses relapse models, recycling and relapse, how they fit together, and the need to rethink the term “relapse.”
Click here to download a PDF of Dr. DiClemente's presentation slides: https://www.smartrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carlo-DiClemente-FINAL.pdfShow More
Are relapse and recycling needed for recovery? Who better to answer this question than Carlo DiClemente, Ph.D., the co-creator of the Stages of Change model? In this highly informative presentation, Dr. DiClemente discusses relapse models, recycling and relapse, how they fit together, and the need to rethink the term “relapse.”
Click here to download a PDF of Dr. DiClemente's presentation slides: https://www.smartrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Carlo-DiClemente-FINAL.pdfShow More
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Leslie Waite, Psy.D. Presents at [...]
Presentation Topic: Motivation and Self-Efficacy in AA and SMART Recovery Participants in Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder
How do motivation and self-efficacy differ between participants who attend Alcoholics Anonymous and SMART Recovery? What about individuals who use a combination of the two? Leslie Waite, Psy.D., introduced his research on these questions. His findings have helped him start discussions and establish SMART meetings in Veterans Affairs hospitals around the country.
To download a PDF of Dr. Waite's Presentation:
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How do motivation and self-efficacy differ between participants who attend Alcoholics Anonymous and SMART Recovery? What about individuals who use a combination of the two? Leslie Waite, Psy.D., introduced his research on these questions. His findings have helped him start discussions and establish SMART meetings in Veterans Affairs hospitals around the country.
To download a PDF of Dr. Waite's Presentation:
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DeSean Duncan Presents at the 2019 [...]
Presentation Topic: SMART Comes Alive – A Personal Recovery Story
Three games into his college football career, DeSean Duncan dislocated his shoulder and was provided pain medication. This was the start of a long journey with addiction. DeSean now facilitates a SMART Recovery Face-To-Face meeting and is part of a recovery teen center that will soon start the first SMART Recovery Teen meeting in his state. DeSean shares his inspirational story, and we are proud to share it with you.Show More
Three games into his college football career, DeSean Duncan dislocated his shoulder and was provided pain medication. This was the start of a long journey with addiction. DeSean now facilitates a SMART Recovery Face-To-Face meeting and is part of a recovery teen center that will soon start the first SMART Recovery Teen meeting in his state. DeSean shares his inspirational story, and we are proud to share it with you.Show More
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SMART Recovery 2019 National [...]
Join us as SMART Recovery honors its volunteers and presents awards for the 2019 Joseph F. Gerstein Award for Exemplary Service to SMART Recovery and the inaugural SMART Research Award!
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Richard Saitz, M.D. Presents at the [...]
Presentation Topic: Words Matter: Addiction Terminology, Accuracy and Stigma
Words matter to Richard Saitz, M.D., who edits medical journals and publications for accuracy surrounding addiction terminology. In this talk, Dr. Saitz discusses substance use disorders as health conditions; how language promotes stigma and affects policy and care; and the emergence of accurate, non-stigmatizing terminology.
To download a PDF of Dr. Saitz's Presentation: https://www.smartrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Richard-Saitz-TERMINOLOGY-FINAL.pdfShow More
Words matter to Richard Saitz, M.D., who edits medical journals and publications for accuracy surrounding addiction terminology. In this talk, Dr. Saitz discusses substance use disorders as health conditions; how language promotes stigma and affects policy and care; and the emergence of accurate, non-stigmatizing terminology.
To download a PDF of Dr. Saitz's Presentation: https://www.smartrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Richard-Saitz-TERMINOLOGY-FINAL.pdfShow More
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Facilitator Spotlight
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SMART Recovery Meeting Facilitator Spotlight: Dan Hostetler – Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center
In a short time, Dan Hostetler has established himself as a leading SMART Recovery ambassador.
As executive director of Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center, located in one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, Dan and his group have demonstrated the effectiveness of choice in recovery programs.
After taking the SMART Recovery Facilitator Training, Dan introduced SMART Recovery meetings into Above & Beyond’s regular meeting schedule. Over 25 weekly meetings use a variety of evidence-based curriculums, such as REBT, Trauma, Brainspotting, Life Purpose (Viktor Frankl/ Logotherapy), Learning to Love Yourself, EFT, Music and Art Therapy (TraumART), Loneliness, Rage Reduction, and Procrastination.
After a few weeks of offering AA, SMART Recovery, Men or Women for Sobriety, WRAP, and Recovery Dharma (Replacing Refuge Recovery), Hostetler quickly realized that SMART meetings were becoming the overwhelming favorites. As a result, SMART Recovery’s footprint in Chicago has grown substantially, with Above & Beyond hosting more than 20% of the meetings. The average attendance of each meeting is 24 people. Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center also offers Family & Friends meetings Monday through Friday.
Dan’s success was noticed by Tom Horvath, co-founder of SMART Recovery:
“I am a treatment professional who visited Above & Beyond because I wanted to observe how they operate. I was extremely pleased to observe them in action. The facility is pleasing, the staff engaging, the services offer clients a choice of the 12-step or SMART Recovery approach, the staff is committed to ongoing professional development, the services are well suited to the population served and the clients are enthusiastic about the services they participate in. Above & Beyond has done an outstanding job!”
Hear from Dan about Above & Beyond, as well as his take on SMART Recovery, in this video.
For more information on Above & beyond, visit www.anb.today.Show More
As executive director of Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center, located in one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, Dan and his group have demonstrated the effectiveness of choice in recovery programs.
After taking the SMART Recovery Facilitator Training, Dan introduced SMART Recovery meetings into Above & Beyond’s regular meeting schedule. Over 25 weekly meetings use a variety of evidence-based curriculums, such as REBT, Trauma, Brainspotting, Life Purpose (Viktor Frankl/ Logotherapy), Learning to Love Yourself, EFT, Music and Art Therapy (TraumART), Loneliness, Rage Reduction, and Procrastination.
After a few weeks of offering AA, SMART Recovery, Men or Women for Sobriety, WRAP, and Recovery Dharma (Replacing Refuge Recovery), Hostetler quickly realized that SMART meetings were becoming the overwhelming favorites. As a result, SMART Recovery’s footprint in Chicago has grown substantially, with Above & Beyond hosting more than 20% of the meetings. The average attendance of each meeting is 24 people. Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center also offers Family & Friends meetings Monday through Friday.
Dan’s success was noticed by Tom Horvath, co-founder of SMART Recovery:
“I am a treatment professional who visited Above & Beyond because I wanted to observe how they operate. I was extremely pleased to observe them in action. The facility is pleasing, the staff engaging, the services offer clients a choice of the 12-step or SMART Recovery approach, the staff is committed to ongoing professional development, the services are well suited to the population served and the clients are enthusiastic about the services they participate in. Above & Beyond has done an outstanding job!”
Hear from Dan about Above & Beyond, as well as his take on SMART Recovery, in this video.
For more information on Above & beyond, visit www.anb.today.Show More
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SMART Recovery Meeting Facilitator [...]
In a short time, Dan Hostetler has established himself as a leading SMART Recovery ambassador.
As executive director of Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center, located in one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, Dan and his group have demonstrated the effectiveness of choice in recovery programs.
After taking the SMART Recovery Facilitator Training, Dan introduced SMART Recovery meetings into Above & Beyond’s regular meeting schedule. Over 25 weekly meetings use a variety of evidence-based curriculums, such as REBT, Trauma, Brainspotting, Life Purpose (Viktor Frankl/ Logotherapy), Learning to Love Yourself, EFT, Music and Art Therapy (TraumART), Loneliness, Rage Reduction, and Procrastination.
After a few weeks of offering AA, SMART Recovery, Men or Women for Sobriety, WRAP, and Recovery Dharma (Replacing Refuge Recovery), Hostetler quickly realized that SMART meetings were becoming the overwhelming favorites. As a result, SMART Recovery’s footprint in Chicago has grown substantially, with Above & Beyond hosting more than 20% of the meetings. The average attendance of each meeting is 24 people. Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center also offers Family & Friends meetings Monday through Friday.
Dan’s success was noticed by Tom Horvath, co-founder of SMART Recovery:
“I am a treatment professional who visited Above & Beyond because I wanted to observe how they operate. I was extremely pleased to observe them in action. The facility is pleasing, the staff engaging, the services offer clients a choice of the 12-step or SMART Recovery approach, the staff is committed to ongoing professional development, the services are well suited to the population served and the clients are enthusiastic about the services they participate in. Above & Beyond has done an outstanding job!”
Hear from Dan about Above & Beyond, as well as his take on SMART Recovery, in this video.
For more information on Above & beyond, visit www.anb.today.Show More
As executive director of Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center, located in one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, Dan and his group have demonstrated the effectiveness of choice in recovery programs.
After taking the SMART Recovery Facilitator Training, Dan introduced SMART Recovery meetings into Above & Beyond’s regular meeting schedule. Over 25 weekly meetings use a variety of evidence-based curriculums, such as REBT, Trauma, Brainspotting, Life Purpose (Viktor Frankl/ Logotherapy), Learning to Love Yourself, EFT, Music and Art Therapy (TraumART), Loneliness, Rage Reduction, and Procrastination.
After a few weeks of offering AA, SMART Recovery, Men or Women for Sobriety, WRAP, and Recovery Dharma (Replacing Refuge Recovery), Hostetler quickly realized that SMART meetings were becoming the overwhelming favorites. As a result, SMART Recovery’s footprint in Chicago has grown substantially, with Above & Beyond hosting more than 20% of the meetings. The average attendance of each meeting is 24 people. Above & Beyond Family Recovery Center also offers Family & Friends meetings Monday through Friday.
Dan’s success was noticed by Tom Horvath, co-founder of SMART Recovery:
“I am a treatment professional who visited Above & Beyond because I wanted to observe how they operate. I was extremely pleased to observe them in action. The facility is pleasing, the staff engaging, the services offer clients a choice of the 12-step or SMART Recovery approach, the staff is committed to ongoing professional development, the services are well suited to the population served and the clients are enthusiastic about the services they participate in. Above & Beyond has done an outstanding job!”
Hear from Dan about Above & Beyond, as well as his take on SMART Recovery, in this video.
For more information on Above & beyond, visit www.anb.today.Show More
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SMART Recovery Facilitator [...]
Heather Fisher, CADC, IS graciously sat down with us to explain how she found SMART Recovery and successfully integrated it into her work as an Interventions, Treatment Placement, Family Support and After Treatment Case Manager. The Friday night SMART Recovery meeting in Manhattan Beach, California that she facilitates is open for all and extremely rewarding to all its participants.Show More
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SMART Recovery Facilitator [...]
From heroin user to SMART Recovery all-star, DeSean Duncan is the living embodiment of service to both his local community and the larger addiction and recovery universe. Check out what led him to SMART Recovery and why the program means so much to him and those he helps.Show More
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SMART Recovery Facilitator [...]
Listen to another SMART Recovery superhero at work: Barbara Daniels is a wonderful new addition to the SR family and we look forward to supporting her for many years to come as together we work to help anyone who is struggling with addiction.Show More
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SMART Recovery Facilitator [...]
Hear Michel Holland explain how he found SMART Recovery, what it has done for his life, and how he has applied his SMART training to help others in recovery as a meeting facilitator! To learn more about training to become a SMART Recovery meeting facilitator in your area and start to make a HUGE difference in people's lives, please go to: www.smartrecoverytraining.orgShow More
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