Greetings, SMART Recovery Facilitators! 

We’re contacting you today because we are looking for co-facilitators for our new National 4-Point meeting initiative. We have this need because the meetings have grown tremendously over the past two months. At the end of this letter are more details about co-facilitating, but first, here’s some background. 

In the last quarter of 2022, SMART began a pilot listing of some Family & Friends and 4-Point meetings on SMARTfinder. Unlike SMART Recovery OnLine (SROL) meetings, no registration is required to participate in the meetings. This new way of listing removes what has been reported as a barrier to participation (the registration process itself) and aligns our work more closely with our organizational values.

We hoped to see increased meeting participation by taking this action and it has worked! Consider these examples:

Because of the increase in participation and the number of new participants in these National 4-Point meetings, we would like to have a lead facilitator and two co-facilitators at each meeting. We believe that having one co-facilitator greeting participants and answering questions while the other focuses on facilitator support and meeting management is the ideal mix of support for the lead facilitator.

So, here is our ask. If you have successfully completed any of our Facilitator trainings (GSF 201, 202, 203, or 301), have experience facilitating SMART Recovery online meetings, and are interested in becoming a co-facilitator, please let us know by filling out this form.  

The reality of this growth in meeting participants means more individuals are getting help to live a Life Beyond Addiction, and it’s only because of our volunteers that this can happen. Thank you for all that you do!