Home - Living the Recovery Programme. The Recovery Programme. Living the Recovery Programme. AA. Welcome to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Choices - Health News - Index. Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety, Wellness, Family & Relationship Issues, Sexual Disorders & ADHD Medications. All About Addiction. Skywiz1's Essay Collection - A Personal Journey. National Institute on Drug Abuse - The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction. SMART Recovery UK • Index page. Drug and Alcohol Findings home page. SMART Recovery - A US Abstinence-Based Program. David Gilliver SMART Recovery is an abstinence program established in the US in the 1990s, using tools and techniques based on cognitive-behavioral principles. Alcohol Concern has helped set up SMART Recovery projects in six pilot areas across England with Department of Health funding, and earlier this month mounted a conference to provide guidance for organizations that want to expand peer-support options in their area.
Keynote speaker was SMART Recovery founding president, Dr Joe Gerstein. ‘SMART stands for Self Management and Recovery Training,’ he says. ‘The history goes back about 20 years. The fundamental basis is still the same – CBT – but since that time it’s expanded into a four-point program that covers pretty much the whole panoply of what research has shown to be effective in getting over addiction.’ Those four key points are building and maintaining motivation to abstain; coping with urges; managing thoughts, feelings and behaviors, and lifestyle balance. . ( 79 Votes )