Subject: SMART Recovery News & Views

Self-Empowered & Headed to Salt Lake City!

SMART Recovery's 30th Anniversary Conference

Registration is now open for our 2024 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah next April! This conference will be focused on how we can take further action to make SMART's self-empowering approach accessible and available to all.

Join us for two full days of networking, thought-provoking presentations, and more as we create new energy to support everyone pursuing a balanced life beyond an addictive behavior.

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Podcast

Figuring Out My Relationship To Alcohol

Jonathan Hunt-Glassman struggled with drinking too much for years, and tried many ways of changing his relationship to alcohol. But it wasn't until a doctor suggested he try medication that things got better. Based on his experience, he decided to start a company, Oar Health, which offers a way for individuals to investigate whether medication might be useful in their own recovery.

In this podcast, Jonathan is joined by Oar Health's Chief Clinical Advisor Dr. Josh Lee, an addiction medicine specialist, researcher, and Professor of Population Health and Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

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Guest Blog

Lessons From Early Recovery

[By Rick Henderson and Henderson NV SMART participants]

There is no one path to recovery. Everyone’s journey is different, and it is up to each of us to find the strategies and supports that work for us. Also, each of us is likely to experience some false starts and wrong turns (mistakes?) along the way. These too will vary from person to person. We, the participants in the SMART Recovery meeting in Henderson (Nevada), have had our share of these...

Podcast

Activate Happy

Keith Johnston is the Founder and Executive Director of Running2bwell, a nonprofit organization that helps those struggling with mental health and/or addiction issues become more physically and socially active. He decided to start the effort after a friend lost his son to heroin addiction and he wanted to try and contribute something positive to society.

In this podcast, he talks about research that links exercise to greater mental clarity and many other benefits. He also shares his belief that not only do we all have issues of some kind, we all have a responsibility to contribute what we can to make the world a better place.

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New version of SMART Recovery App now available!

Keep your hands on recovery with the updated SMART App. Now more interactive and loaded with articles and useful information. You'll be able to work SMART tools on your phone and get instant ideas for activities that will distract you from urges.

This free app is available now at iTunes and Google Play.