There are as many types of recovery as there are individuals If there are as many ways to recover as there are individuals, then SMART Recovery®, or any approach, group, or treatment, will appeal to, or be helpful to, only some individuals. I hope that no one associated with SMART Recovery ever overlooks the diversity [...]
Archive for May, 2011
May 31st, 2011
Honoring The Diversity Of Recovery
Posted in Lifestyle Balance 
Tags: addiction recovery, lifestyle balance, recovery, Tom Horvath 
Comments OffMay 24th, 2011
Get SMART In Baltimore
Annual Conference, October 7-9 SMART Recovery will host its 2011 Annual Conference from October 7 through October 9, 2011 at the DoubleTree Hotel BWI. Volunteers, face-to-face meeting and online participants, board members and friends of SMART Recovery will enjoy: • The opportunity to personally meet one another • The ability to network with one another [...]
May 18th, 2011
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Q&A
Special Event Presenter: Dr. Michael Edelstein SMART Recovery® is delighted to announce that Dr. Michael Edelstein will join us on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 12:00 pm EDT to speak about SMART and its foundation in REBT (Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy), as set forth by Dr. Albert Ellis. This will be a one-hour session in [...]
Posted in Managing Thoughts Tags: Michael Edelstein, podcasts, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, REBT 1 Comment »May 10th, 2011
Understanding Fear & Anger
An Anatomy of Emotions Workshop Presenter: Ed Garcia, CSW SMART Recovery® is very pleased to announce that Mr. Edward Garcia, MA, CSW, will continue his series of workshops on The Anatomy of Emotions with the second in the series, Understanding Fear & Anger, which will take place on Thursday, May 26, 2011 in the SMART [...]
Posted in Coping With Urges, Lifestyle Balance, Managing Thoughts Tags: Anatomy of Emotions, Edward Garcia, podcasts, problem solving, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, REBT, recovery, workshop Comments OffMay 3rd, 2011
Crystallization Of Discontent
Motivation For Self-Change Pete Soderman, SMART Recovery® Facilitator Three-quarters of us who have abused or were dependent upon a substance or activity have either self-remitted or moderated to non-abusive levels, either completely on our own, or with minimal help. That we have done so without formal treatment or self-help programs has been well-established by the [...]
