Subject: Gratitude and Well-Being

"Acts of kindness (public expressions of gratitude) can be linked to an increase in life satisfaction", according to a study published in The Journal of Social Psychology.
Dear Friend,

The holiday season is upon us and we are balancing the usual flurry of holiday activities with a deep pause to reflect on how far we've come in the last year.

In keeping with the traditions of Thanksgiving, we are feeling enormously grateful for all of you, our outstanding SMART Community of volunteers, supporters and participants. Our community is growing faster than ever before and accomplishing amazing things.
Thanks to your efforts, we now offer 1900 in-person meetings around the world for people seeking recovery from addiction. With your support our online recovery community is continually expanding, reaching people in all corners of the world. Your enthusiasm has been the driving force behind our work to expand SMART to include meetings for Young Adults and meetings for Family & Friends.
None of this incredible growth and expansion would be possible without your dedicated effort and support to carry SMART’s 4-Point Program® and our message of self-empowerment and self-reliance on to others.

On behalf of the hundreds of thousands of people who have been touched by your efforts, we extend this feeling of gratitude.

From all of us, we wish you and yours a healthy and happy holiday.  And thank you again... for everything.


Sincerely,


Tom Horvath, President

Shari Allwood, Executive Director


P.S.
We'd like to share a copy of the Thanksgiving Reader, a downloadable booklet of quotations, poems and very short stories for your own enjoyment or to share with family and friends. Here's a link: http://thethanksgivingreader.com
This beautiful publication, created by Seth Godin, is free to download and truly captures the spirit of gratitude.

A contribution to SMART Recovery helps empower millions worldwide
with the tools to abstain from any substance or activity addiction.
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