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How is SMART Recovery different from traditional Twelve Step programs?

April 26, 2017different Programs recovery SMART step traditional

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How is SMART Recovery different from traditional Twelve Step programs?

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A. SMART Recovery has a scientific foundation, not a spiritual one. SMART Recovery teaches increasing self-reliance, rather than powerlessness. SMART Recovery views addictive behavior as a maladaptive habit, rather than as a disease. SMART Recovery meetings are discussion meetings in which individuals talk with one another, rather than to one another. SMART Recovery encourages attendance for months to years, but probably not a lifetime. There are no sponsors in SMART Recovery. SMART Recovery discourages use of labels such as “alcoholic” or “addict”.