Wed, Jan 15
|Deweese Health Center
SMART Recovery Meeting (1)
The SMART Recovery 4-Point Program® The SMART Recovery Program includes tools for accomplishing each of these points. POINT 1 Building and Maintaining Motivation POINT 2 Coping with Urges POINT 3 Managing Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors POINT 4 Living a Balanced Life
Time & Location
Jan 15, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Deweese Health Center, 1500 Eastway Dr, Kent, OH 44242, USA
About The Event
CAN SMART RECOVERY HELP ME?
SMART Recovery can be used to address any addictive behavior. No matter what your addiction, the Program’s tools
and techniques will help you overcome the behavior. You’ll fi nd a warm and welcoming community in both our face-toface
meetings and online activities.
WHEN CAN I START?
You can get started right now. Visit our website,
www.smartrecovery.org to access introductory information
like slide shows and videos, meeting locations near you,
online meetings and chat sessions, a discussion message
board, and much more. SMART Recovery puts the tools in
your hands from the very beginning.
Furthermore, all of these tools are free.
HOW WILL SMART RECOVERY
ADDRESS MY NEEDS?
SMART Recovery uses tools based on scientifi cally-proven
methods for addiction recovery such as Cognitive Behavior
Therapy and motivational interviewing.
HOW DOES SMART RECOVERY WORK?
Here are some of SMART Recovery tools that can help
you in your recovery journey:
CHANGE PLAN WORKSHEET: This is a chart in which you
list your goals, how you will attain them, the ways in which
you will overcome obstacles and challenges, etc. The very
process of completing a Change Plan Worksheet will clarify
both your goals and the roadblocks to attaining them.
COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS: Often called “CBA,” this tool is
especially useful for increasing your motivation to abstain from
your addictive behavior.
The ABC’s of REBT: This tool from Rational Emotive
Behavior Therapy, pioneered by Dr. Albert Ellis, helps identify
our irrational beliefs, which in turn lead to poor consequences.
The ABC process helps us dispute our irrational beliefs and
thoughts until they no longer trigger the consequences we’re
tired of facing. We then create effective new beliefs to produce
more positive outcomes.
DISARM (Destructive Imagery and Self-talk Awareness and
Refusal Method): This tool exposes the thoughts and images
which urge us to pursue our addiction as inaccuracies,
excuses and rationalizations.
BRAINSTORMING: This technique is often used in face-toface
and online meetings. A participant introduces a question
or problem. Other participants then offer ideas and/or suggestions
without any judgment involved.
ROLE-PLAYING/REHEARSING: This tool is used mostly in
groups. An example would be rehearsing how to avoid addictive
behavior at a wedding or other high-risk upcoming event
with group members playing various roles.
WHAT MAKES SMART
RECOVERY DIFFERENT?
SMART Recovery advocates for choice in recovery, so that those seeking recovery know the variety of recovery options available and can choose among them. SMART Recovery encourages a holistic approach, with the goal being to achieve
a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Therefore, SMART Recovery does not require lifelong attendance. The goal of SMART Recovery is not for you to become a permanent participant but rather for you to “graduate’ when you feel healthy and
ready to live a balanced and sober lifestyle.
VISIT SMART RECOVERY ONLINE AT:
www.smartrecovery.org
SPECIFICS PLEASE?
online meetings and chat sessions, a discussion message
board, and much more. SMART Recovery puts the tools in
your hands from the very beginning.
Furthermore, all of these tools are free.