SMART Recovery USA

01/07/2026

2026 is a great year to adopt new tools to put in your recovery toolbox! Guest blogger Matthew Frazier reviews some of the SMART tools that were updated in the revised 4th edition handbook here: https://smartrecovery.org/blog/empowering-recovery-smart-tools-for-2026

SMART tools help with your recovery in many ways

01/05/2026

Jeff Jones is a counselor and coach who founded The Family Recovery Solution in Colorado. On the latest SMART Recovery Podcast, he asks and answers a simple question: what if the answer to reducing or resolving addictive behavior isn't just addressing the individual, but starts with healing the family? Listen to the episode here or on you favorite podcast platform: https://smartrecovery.libsyn.com/all-in-the-family-recovery

01/01/2026

SMART is an accessible, adaptable, and affirming recovery movement that offers free support group meetings, tons of resources, and a community of individuals making positive changes. If you are considering how to make your life more balanced and healthy in 2026, consider checking out a SMART meeting: https://meetings.smartrecovery.org

12/31/2025

Today is the last day to contribute to our year end appeal for support of our volunteer-driven, self-empowered recovery movement! If you've already contributed we thank you. If you wish to help spread the principles and practices of positive change visit here: https://secure.everyaction.com/G1QTxFXvV0WSYhZtmJGz6w2

12/29/2025

Check out the place where individual autonomy meets supportive community--a SMART Recovery Meeting. You can find an in-person or online meeting by visiting https://meetings.smartrecovery.org/ and putting in city and state/province. PLUS, listed below are all the new meetings started recently across the US and Canada! Here are the new meetings designated for specific individuals:

Family and Friends: Birmingham, AL; Akron, OH; and White Plains, NY.

Military Veterans and First Responders: Battle Creek, MI and San Antonio, TX.

LGBTQ+: Oklahoma City, OK and Garden City, ID. Idaho LGBTQ+

Young Adults (18-30 y/o): Hamilton, ON.

Teens (13-17 y/o): Glenrock, WY.

Men: Susquehanna, PA.

Here are the new regular 4-Point Meetings for any adults: Farwell, MI; Raleigh, NC; Harker Heights, TX; Knightdale, NC; Prince Edward, Ontario; Bennington, VT; Hartsville, SC; Michigan City, IN; Abbotsford, British Columbia; Susquehanna, PA; Naperville, IL; Jacksonville, FL; Shaker Heights, OH; La Grange, KY; West Bloomfield, MI; West Bloomfield, MI; Las Vegas, NV; Rohnert Park, CA; Carlyle, IL; Wilton Manors, FL; Trinidad, CO; Phillipsburg, NJ; Pineville, WV; San Diego, CA; Watertown, NY; Charlottesville, VA; and Antigo, WI.

12/24/2025

Guest blogger Rick Kuplinski, a SMART faciltator in Henderson Nevada, can't stand being labeled. That's just one thing he loves about our self-empowered, science-informed, stigma free pathway!
Read his excellent essay here:
https://smartrecovery.org/blog/remove-labels-embrace-individuals

Labels are not helpful when it comes to recovery.

12/23/2025

As a volunteer-driven organization, SMART has always understood Peer Support Specialists to be a valuable part of the recovery ecosystem. Now there is federal legislation that would authorize medicare coverage for their services. Read more here in this summary from our friends at https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/leading-mental-health-organizations-applaud-reintroduction-of-peers-in-medicare-act-in-congress/

December 18, 2025- Bipartisan legislation would expand access to lifesaving peer support services for people with substance use and mental health

12/19/2025

In the latest SMART Recovery Podcast faciltator Rick Kuplinski talks about how the the self-empowering principles and practices of SMART profoundly changed his life. Rick has been contributing his brief, insightful essays about recovery to our blog since 2022.

Now he has collected his short essays about his recovery and the power of SMART into a book called, "Supercharge Your Recovery: 30 Essays on Beating Addiction with SMART Recovery."

https://smartrecovery.libsyn.com/supercharge-your-recovery-with-rick-kuplinski

12/18/2025

May your path to change be well lit this season!

12/15/2025

At SMART Recovery we don't "should" all over people. Instead we invite, encourage, support, and provide practical tools. We also don't require a belief in a higher power (but don't discourage it either). If you are seeking change on your terms and want to check out SMART, visit our meeting finder and give one a try: https://meetings.smartrecovery.org/ You can also check out lots in informationa and resources on our website!

12/09/2025

Guest blogger and SMART Facilitator Kelly Scullin uses the movies to remind us to use SMART tools to cultivate calm in the midst of holiday storms. https://smartrecovery.org/blog/using-smart-tools-to-go-from-reactive-to-calm-this-holiday-season Besides reading this post, you can find calm support at SMART meetingS! Find one here: https://meetings.smartrecovery.org

SMART tools can help turn tense holiday times into moments of reflection and growth.

12/08/2025

On the latest SMART Recovery podcast we have an in-depth and fascinating conversation with Dr. Sarah Zemore of the and SMART's Executive Director Pete Rubinas. We cover the latest research that focuses on mutual help groups and how these insights can be applied in a way that benefits the most individuals: https://smartrecovery.libsyn.com/talking-research-with-sarah-zemore-and-pete-rubinas