April is Volunteer Month Each April, SMART Recovery celebrates Volunteer Month as a way to not only recognize the efforts of our many dedicated volunteers, but also to encourage others to help meet the demand to bring SMART Recovery to others and to share in the rewarding experience of volunteering. This year, through the generous [...]
Archive for March, 2012
March 22nd, 2012
Living Life Is An Art: April 12, 2012
Online SMART Event: The Art of Living An Exploration of Life Choices in Addiction Recovery With Ed Garcia, CSW Thursday, April 12, 2012, 8pm edt Download: Printable Flyer Living life is an art. Our life experiences are both bright and dark, much like the colors in a painting. Though the primary colors may be the [...]
March 20th, 2012
Recovery Resource Guide
“AA: Not The Only Way–Your One Stop Resource Guide to 12-Step Alternatives” (2nd Edition) by Melanie Solomon -Richard Ceranek, SMART Recovery® Volunteer This book is the best, perhaps the only, work that pulls together in one small volume most, perhaps all, of the many treatment programs and self-help addiction recovery groups available to the one [...]
March 13th, 2012
ABCs With JvB
Use Logic and Reason to Change Addictive Behavior Jonathan von Breton, LCMHC, LCDP There is a very helpful addiction recovery tool that can change the way that you think about drugs and alcohol. It is called the ABC Tool and it is used in SMART Recovery®. The underlying assumption of the ABC Tool is that [...]
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Tags: addiction recovery, coping skills, Jonathan von Breton, REBT 
Comments OffMarch 6th, 2012
Private, Convenient, Online Recovery Support
Access addiction recovery support from home -Dolores Cloward, SMART Recovery® Volunteer If you are looking for help with addiction recovery, whether it’s addiction to substances or addiction to behaviors, SMART Recovery Online is a wonderful place to start. The program is science-based and evidence-based, incorporating scientific best practices in psychology today. Here, you can find [...]
