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Careers for People Who Want to Give Back
Many people who have struggled with addiction feel grateful for the support that they were given during their recovery process, and want to “pay it forward.” And fortunately, there are several careers...
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How to Manage Your Emotions
Building Resilience Part II: How to Manage Your Emotions Originally posted here, for the Center for Motivation & Change Being resilient means being able to face adversity and cope well enough that...
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Defeating Addictive Urges
Anatomy of an Urge by Farmgirl68 (Connie) While taking the facilitator training, I watched a video with Joe Gerstein where he showed the ABC relationship with a lapse and how it often involves a belief...
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Overcoming Addictive Behavior
Use Logic and Reason to Change Addictive Behavior Jonathan von Breton, LCMHC, LCDP There is a very helpful addiction recovery tool that can change the way that you think about drugs and alcohol. It is...
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A Personal and Professional Look at the Evidence for SMART Recovery
by Anne Giles SMART Recovery’s statement of purpose is to “help individuals gain independence from addictive behavior and lead meaningful and satisfying lives’ and “to support the availability of...
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SMART Recovery tools to help with acceptance
by Jonathan von Breton, CCMHC “The greatest sickness known to man or woman is called self-esteem. If you have self-esteem, then you’re sick, sick, sick, because you say: I’m okay because I do well and...
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The REBT Opp, a Useful Abbreviation
Author: Ted, SMART Recovery Volunteer Meeting Facilitator Bringing SMART Recovery into state prisons has rewards but also poses bureaucratic challenges. Difficulties in regularly covering a Tuesday...
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By Charles A., former SMART Recovery Facilitator The focus of this article is to learn to recognize common ways of thinking that lead to emotional upsets and, as a result, unwanted behaviors… such as...
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I can still remember the day I first learned about SMART Recovery. It was two years ago in a major city in Southeast Asia. The room was dark and dirty from the fallout of my addictive behavior – filled...
View ArticleThree Minute REBT: Do You Need What You Want?
By Philip Tate, Ph.D. Do you really need what you want? Will the ‘want’ make you happy? Or happier? Using REBT may help you answer those inner-voice questions. People sometimes believe they must have...
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