Subject: News & Views: April 2023

Volunteers Rule!

Volunteers Rule!

While April was officially volunteer month, we appreciate our volunteers every month of the year. Find out why by taking a listen to two podcasts featuring volunteer facilitators and reading a great blog post by a volunteer about improving family dynamics in recovery. Enjoy!

Podcast

The Magic is in the Tools

Dave Howard is a SMART Facilitator in Poway California. He spent years going to 12-Step recovery meetings before finding SMART. Now he is convinced that what SMART offers can help anyone seeking recovery no matter what perspective they bring to the table.


In this podcast Dave talks about his almost 20 years of drug and alcohol misuse, reaching a crisis point in recovery, deciding to become a certified addiction counselor, and why he thinks SMART's practical tools are magic.



Podcast

Selling Hope to the Hopeless

Michael Werner is a chemist by background and a philosopher by disposition. He was also the President of the American Humanist Association at the time they were looking for a secular recovery alternative to highlight, and that was how he eventually learned about and fell in love with SMART.


Michael has facilitated thousands of SMART meetings and believes at least one thing with all his heart: everyone can recover. He is the author of the recently published Quit Your Addiction Now, a book filled with practical tools for combating addictions of all kinds.


In this podcast Micheal talks about how changing our thinking can change our lives, how motivation is the key to long-term recovery, and why being bold and direct is the best way for him to facilitate meetings. 

Guest Blog

SMART's DISARM Tool

By SMART Volunteer Anne Devenport.


The DISARM tool is used in SMART Recovery to deal with urges – participants in recovery meetings imagine that an unpleasant salesperson is trying to push them into their addictive behavior, so they use the DISARM tool (Destructive Imagery and Self-Talk Awareness Method) to help them deal with the imaginary salesperson, and so deal with their urges...

Unite For Recovery!


The walk around the globe has officially begun and you still have time to donate in support of SMART volunteers. Your financial donation supports training scholarships and materials so more people can get help. Click icon below to learn all about it.


May 1 is your last chance to sign up for free webinar featuring the originator of Motivational Interviewing! Click on graphic below to learn more and register!

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