SMART Recovery Manitoba

12/17/2025

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What if you spoke to yourself the way you would a friend?

The SMART Recovery Self-Compassion Tool offers simple, practical ways to respond to setbacks with care instead of criticism, helping you stay present and manage urges 💙💛

Explore the worksheet and practice self-compassion in your own way.

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11/24/2025

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🌟 SMART Recovery at the 2025 Issues of Substance Conference 🌟
Halifax • November 17–19

SMART Recovery Canada was proud to participate in this year’s Issues of Substance (IOS) Conference, hosted by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction. IOS brings together substance use health workers, healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, and individuals with lived and living experience from across the country.

As part of the program, SMART Recovery Canada Secretary, Antoinette Gravel-Ouellette, offered a SMART session for attendees. The session included an introduction to SMART for those discovering it for the first time, along with elements of a meeting-style check-in for participants who were looking for a meeting experience. It was warmly received and sparked meaningful conversations about choice, self-empowerment, and evidence-informed recovery supports.

We are grateful for the opportunity to share SMART’s tools and approach with such a diverse and engaged audience.

11/15/2025

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Whether you’re working on your own recovery or supporting someone you care about, SMART Recovery has free meetings to help 💛

Find a meeting: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings

11/05/2025

This Giving Tuesday, I’m proud to support a cause that’s close to my heart, SMART Recovery Canada.



Every day, people across the country find hope and healing through free, stigma-free, and science-based recovery meetings — both online and in person.



This year’s campaign, “Recovery in the Open,” is about exactly that: making recovery visible so stigma can fade.



Thanks to the generosity of Mosaic Home Services, every dollar donated through December 2 will be matched up to $2,000 - doubling the impact of every gift.



Your support helps keep SMART meetings active, train new facilitators, and expand specialized programming nationwide.



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10/27/2025

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Giving Tuesday 2025: “Recovery in the Open”

When recovery is visible, stigma fades.

SMART Recovery Canada’s Giving Tuesday campaign aims to bring recovery into the open by challenging stigma and expanding access to evidence-based support across Canada.

Mosaic Home Services will match every donation dollar for dollar up to $2,000, doubling the impact of every gift made through December 2.

Your support helps keep SMART meetings active, train new facilitators, and expand specialized programming nationwide.

Double your impact this Giving Tuesday.
Donate here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/137490

10/21/2025

🌟 Facilitator Spotlight: Robert’s Journey with SMART Recovery

Meet Robert, a SMART Recovery facilitator whose path to helping others began with his own experience of rebuilding and rediscovery.

Before finding SMART Recovery, Robert worked as a Family Physician and, like many in helping professions, he experienced burnout and personal challenges that affected both his career and marriage. In 2020, during treatment at Homewood Health in Guelph, Ontario, he was introduced to SMART Recovery and quickly connected with its CBT- and REBT-based tools for change. The program’s structure and focus on self-management became a cornerstone in his recovery and inspired him to give back as a facilitator.

Since becoming a facilitator, Robert has found deep purpose in guiding others through SMART’s 4-Point Program and helping participants apply its tools in their own lives.

“What I love most is watching people grow,” he says. “Abstinence is an important part of recovery, but the real transformation comes when people start to internalize these tools, challenge irrational beliefs, identify desired outcomes, and create real, lasting change.”

Robert says that being a facilitator has also strengthened his own recovery. “The best way to learn something is to teach it,” he explains. “Guiding others through SMART’s concepts pushes me to live them fully myself. That constant reflection has elevated my sobriety, my motivation, and my understanding.”

For Robert, one of the most inspiring parts of each meeting is the sense of community. “Watching participants support and encourage each other, sharing how a tool worked for them, and inspiring others to try it, is where you truly see SMART’s power in action.”

💙 Thank you, Robert, for all that you do to support others and help build a stronger recovery community

Join a SMART Recovery meeting: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings
Become a SMART Recovery Facilitator: https://learn.smartrecovery.org/courses

10/15/2025

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✨Facilitator Spotlight: Tiffany – Manitoba✨

Tiffany became a SMART Recovery facilitator to help others build meaningful, self-directed lives in recovery. She was drawn to SMART’s science-based approach and focus on practical tools that empower people rather than label them.

With her background in addiction and mental health, Tiffany has seen how life-changing it can be when people learn to take control of their choices and develop healthier coping skills. Facilitating SMART meetings gives her a chance to give back and share strategies that help others discover their own strength and potential.

“SMART is a non-judgmental, safe space for anyone affected by addiction,” Tiffany says. “Every meeting is a chance to gain new tools, share experiences, and grow in self-awareness. Everyone’s path looks different. Take what works for you and trust the process.”

💙 Thank you, Tiffany, for all that you do to support others and help build a stronger recovery community in Manitoba.

Join a SMART Recovery meeting: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings
Become a SMART Recovery Facilitator: https://learn.smartrecovery.org/courses

10/03/2025

📚 Did you know?
You can purchase the SMART Recovery 4-Point Handbook and the SMART Recovery Family & Friends Handbook on Amazon!

Every purchase helps spread awareness of SMART Recovery and provides people with practical, evidence-based tools for change.

👉4-Point https://a.co/d/0V7KfDI
👉Family & Friends Handbook: https://a.co/d/4ci3dfO

10/01/2025

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🧡 Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour Survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities.

SMART Recovery Canada acknowledges the ongoing impacts of these institutions and the importance of listening, learning, and walking together toward healing. Recovery is about resilience, community, and hope. We are committed to creating spaces where every voice is heard and valued.

We invite our community to take time today to reflect, learn, and stand in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples across Canada.

09/29/2025

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As Recovery Month comes to a close, we want to thank everyone who joined us in celebrating strength, connection, and hope across Canada. 💙

This month, we’ve shared tools, stories, and events that highlight the many pathways to recovery. SMART Recovery is proud to support people and families every day with free, science-based meetings and resources.

Recovery doesn’t end with September. Together, we’ll continue to grow communities of support across the country.

🔗 Find a SMART Meeting: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings
🔗 Donate to SMART Canada: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/124460

07/24/2025

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07/24/2025

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🛠️ DENTS: A SMART Tool to Manage Urges

The DENTS tool helps to manage the unpredictable urges that can arise during recovery. It offers a clear, practical way to respond, putting you back in control. The goal isn’t to eliminate urges, but to handle them in a healthy, sustainable way.

D = Deny or Delay
Pause. Urges pass, one moment at a time.

E = Escape
Step away from triggers or stressful situations.

N = Neutralize
Acknowledge the urge. Let it rise and fade like a wave.

T = Tasks
Get busy. Call a friend, clean, count, or distract yourself.

S = Swap
Change your self-talk.
"This urge will kill me" becomes "This urge will pass."

📄 Download the DENTS worksheet: https://smartrecovery.org/hubfs/Tool%204.5f%20Customize%20DENTS%20for%20you.pdf?hsLang=en