Alternatives for Family & Friends -Roxanne A., SMART Recovery® Facilitator Chances are you were never taught how to manage a relationship with someone who is struggling with a substance abuse problem. You may find that, without the necessary skills, your role as a family member or friend of someone with addiction becomes increasingly stressful as [...]
Archive for May, 2012
May 29th, 2012
How to Help a Loved One Find Addiction Recovery
Posted in Family & Friends 
Tags: addiction recovery, Bob Meyers, Concerned Significant Other, CSO 
Comments OffMay 22nd, 2012
Combatting Depression
A Workshop with Bill Knaus, Ed.D. Friday, June 15, 2012, 6pm edst SMART Recovery® is delighted to announce that on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 6:00 pm, highly renowned psychotherapist and author, Dr. Bill Knaus, Ed.D. will present an exciting new workshop entitled Combatting Depression. Cognitive behavioral therapy is the most widely used psychological method [...]
May 15th, 2012
I Quit Using, So Why Don’t I Feel Happy?
How Drug Use Hijacks Our Response to Happiness Julie Myers, Psy.D. It’s not difficult to understand why someone, who is actively using drugs, may feel bored when he/she is not high. It is more difficult to understand why that person may continue to have difficulty enjoying activities once the drug is stopped. But this is [...]
May 8th, 2012
A Drug Policy for the 21st Century
2012 National Drug Control Strategy Kathleen Sebelius, Eric Holder, Gil Kerlikowske Illegal drugs not only harm a user’s mind and body, they devastate families, communities, and neighborhoods. They jeopardize public safety, prevent too many Americans from reaching their full potential, and place obstacles in the way of raising a healthy generation of young people. To [...]
May 1st, 2012
A Mindful Approach to Addiction Recovery
Self-Management Begins with Intention -Charles A., SMART Recovery® Facilitator SMART Recovery is about actively managing your self and directing your actions. What do you intend to actively do today… or ‘NOW’… to manage your addiction recovery? We have the power of choice, but in order to realize this power, forming intentions and doing the work [...]
Posted in Lifestyle Balance, Managing Thoughts, Motivation Tags: addiction recovery, goals, mindfulness, motivation 1 Comment »
