Subject: SMART Recovery News & Views

Pride, Grit, Discovery, and Yoda

June has been officially designated Pride Month for 24 years now (Pride History) and the fight for human rights continues. At SMART, we recognize that the LGBTQ+ community can face challenges in the recovery space and offer specialized meetings and support. Contact information@smartrecovery.org to learn more. We believe in Empowerment for All!

Podcast

Searching for Resilience and Grit

The term "wellness" is thrown around in the context of many different things, including in the world of recovey from substance and behavioral disorders. It's meaning can be fuzzy and border on cliche. But when Randy Williams uses the word wellness he keeps it real.

Williams is Founder of Willmore Wellness, and his lived experience with addiction and belief in the interconnectedness between body, mind, and spirit combine to inform an approach to healthy living that takes the entire person into account. Together with his wife Wray, Randy offers strategies to obtain physical, social, and emotional health that includes living life to its fullest.

In this podcast Randy talks about how SMART Recovery took his life to another level, his decision to pursue a degree in professional counseling, and how each of us needs to locate our own personal resilience and grit.

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Blog

Recovery vs. Discovery

[Guest blog by SMART Facilitator Rick Kuplinski]

Among the things that made SMART Recovery my choice in peer support is its respect for multiple pathways to wellness and respect for each of us having the power to decide how best to deal with the behavior we defined as problematic. Along those lines, I appreciated that SMART did not require me to label myself in any way I felt did not empower me to change. In my case, that word was alcoholic, which always felt like the round hole through which the hammer of stigma was pounding my square peg...

Blog

Do The Yoda Thing

Sean Murphy grew up on the East Coast in a family that had its share of problems with alcohol. His father and grandfather both struggled with alcohol use disorder, and as a result, an atmosphere of shame permeated the family psyche. After his parents divorced when he was young, he had little contact with his father.

His family history weighed on Sean. It became almost a palpable presence as he entered adulthood...

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