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3rd Quarter
Updates
October,
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Quarterly newsletter now
available online!
Insights,
info and inspiration
Learn how you can find ongoing support for
facilitating your meetings by attending our online SMART
Meeting Management and Fresh Start meetings. Tom
Horvath's President's Column answers the question
“What is self-empowerment?” Find out why
facilitator David Koss is giving two thumbs
up to the book “Unbroken Brain: A
Revolutionary New Way of Understanding
Addiction” by Maia Szalavitz. Plus many
more articles in this fall edition of News &
Views! Click here to read more.
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Join
in the latest research study!
What does happiness have to do with
recovery?
SMART is supporting the efforts of a
group of scientists from the Recovery
Research Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital
/ Harvard Medical School. They perform research to
enhance continuing care for individuals in recovery
from alcohol and other substance use disorders.
SMART's Research Directors have approved
this study
on the role of happiness in recovery. One of
the reasons for conducting this study is that in
treating addiction and researching ways to support
recovery from addiction, we often focus on the
negative — we know much less about the role positive
emotions and experiences play in the process of
recovery. To fill this gap, we are seeking
input from persons in recovery via the online survey
found here. Survey completion
takes about 15 minutes, and is completely
anonymous.
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Seeking
Regional Coordinators
Help grow and support SMART
Recovery
Are you an experienced US facilitator and feel you
can help others in their facilitator role? Would
you like to see more meetings in your region and
have some time and energy to help bring more
meetings to the people who need them? Then
you might enjoy working with a team of others who
are as committed to those goals in the organization
as you! Take a look at the Regional
Coordinator information on page 8 of the News &
Views and consider this new role, or simply find
out who YOUR Regional Coordinator is in case you
would benefit from some extra guidance!
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Harvard's
Humanist of the Year
Joe Gerstein,
Founding President of SMART Recovery
The Humanist
Hub (also known as the Humanist Community/Chaplaincy at
Harvard) will recognize our own Joe Gerstein as
Humanist of the Year. This prestigious
recognition stems from Joe's involvement and support
of SMART Recovery. The award is given to someone
whose work exemplifies the values of Humanism and
whose contributions to society inspire the community.
Learn more here.
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We
can't succeed without you
Thanks for your
support!
Everyone reading this update is a volunteer, friend
or individual interested in the SMART Recovery
4-Point Program. Without your volunteer spirit,
donations and ongoing support we wouldn't remain in
service. Thank you!
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A contribution to
SMART Recovery
helps empower millions worldwide
with the tools to abstain from any substance or
activity addiction.
SMART Recovery is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization.
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