Over the last two years, SMART has been engaged in a transformative journey to recommit itself to the core principles of a self-empowered approach to recovery from addictive behaviors. We deeply honor the individual autonomy of participants to choose their own goals, and we know that taking part in supportive nonjudgmental communities offers help. That combination of individual choice and supportive community is SMART’s unique recipe for empowering positive behavior change.

We’re pleased to announce that we have evolved our monthly sustainer program to reflect this commitment to empowerment as our most important core value. From this point forward, our monthly sustainers will be called Empowerment Champions. Alongside our dedicated volunteer facilitators, our monthly donors will help us build the capacity we need to scale SMART significantly over the next 10 years.

Will you commit to a monthly donation today to help us achieve our goal of supporting 10,000 public SMART meetings across the United States by 2035?

There are many sources of uncertainty in our world at this unique moment in time. Unfortunately, uncertainty can result in increased engagement with addictive behaviors. At the same time, organizations like SMART face uncertainty in funding as we wait for clarity from both the public and private sector. Your recurring commitment today will help to weather whatever might come next. A strong base of monthly donors is a sign to other funders that SMART is a movement worth investing in.

For more on the importance of our self-empowering approach, check out what some of our stakeholders had to say at this year’s national conference: