Not 12 steps, how about 4 points?

Coming Saturday November 7th, 2:00 PM at the Botsford Hospital, A BRAND NEW MEETING DATE!

Come to SMART Recovery® meetings to learn how to gain independence from addictive behaviors (substances or activities).

About SMART:
SMART (Self-Management And Recovery Training):
Our efforts are based on scientific knowledge and evolve as scientific knowledge evolves.

For a detailed introduction, follow this link: http://smart-recovery-intro.blogspot.com/

Come and learn about the SMART Four Program Points:
Point 1: Enhancing and Maintaining Motivation to Abstain

Point 2: Coping with Urges

Point 3: Problem Solving (Managing thoughts, feelings & behaviors)

Point 4: Lifestyle Balance (Balancing momentary & enduring satisfactions)

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SMART Recovery® - Ideas

* I’m not ‘powerless’ over alcohol, drugs or other addictive behavior. I can certainly use some help and I believe I can beat this problem like millions of other people have.

* Booze and other drugs don’t jump into my body, I choose to use them, so alternately, I can choose not to use and make it stick.

* My substance use hurts me and others. I may feel good for a short time, but I suffer in the long run. It is like the ‘buy now, pay later’ plan of life.

* SMART can help me achieve my goal of sobriety, but I can gain power by accepting personal responsibility for my life and what I put into my body.

* Getting drunk or high is a way of indulging myself and trying to cope with stress, frustration, and anger. It’s just not worth it!!

* There are better ways of coping with life than intoxicating myself. Once I learn these ways, I will be willing to give up my addictive behavior permanently.

* It makes sense to seek help to learn new approaches because whatever I’ve been doing hasn’t been working.

* I can learn from others and enjoy their support without depending on the group for the rest of my life.

* Once I have mastered the proven methods of self management offered by SMART, I can recover and graduate from the program and get on with my life.

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Because any harmful addiction or activity can benefit from these methods, all types of behavior problems are welcome.

The recovery Tools and Techniques discussed at our meetings arebased on scientific principals, spirituality in recovery is not discouraged, it is just not a requirement for membership.
We believe that, like so many other choices in life, those regarding spirituality are entirely up to the individual and not to our group.