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What is ADASHN (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Self-Help Network), and what is its relationship SMART Recovery®?

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What is ADASHN (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Self-Help Network), and what is its relationship SMART Recovery®?

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A. In August, 1994, when the Board of Directors decided to end its affiliation with Rational Recovery Systems (RR), it was necessary to change our name, which had been Rational Recovery Self-Help Network. Because there had been insufficient time to identify a suitable name, Joe Gerstein, M.D., President at that time, suggested ADASHN as a name that would not bring us into conflict with the name of any other organization. It was understood by all that in time a better name would be established. Rob Sarmiento, Ph.D., a Board Member, suggested SMART Recovery® several weeks later, and this name was adopted in October, 1996. However, because a number of documents and accounts had already been established under the name ADASHN, we became ADASHN dba (doing business as) SMART Recovery®. In time changing all of our documents and accounts over to SMART Recovery® may become a priority, but for now all of our efforts have been directed toward building our network.