SMART Recovery Manitoba

03/11/2026

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Your urges aren’t you.

They’re impulses. Reactions. Temporary voices shaped by stress, habit, or emotion.

The Personify and Disarm tool helps you create distance from an urge by giving it a name — and talking back to it.

This tool helps you:
• Create emotional distance from urges
• Recognize the “scripts” they use
• Respond with clarity and confidence
• Stay grounded in your goals

You don’t have to believe every thought that shows up.
You can pause. You can choose. You can talk back.

Download the Personify and Disarm worksheet: https://smartrecovery.org/hubfs/Tool%204.6f%20Personify%20and%20disarm.pdf?hsLang=en
Find a SMART Recovery Meeting: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings

03/05/2026

If your life were a wheel… would it roll smoothly?

The Lifestyle Balance Wheel helps you:
• Reflect on different areas of your life
• See what feels strong and what feels neglected
• Identify small changes that can improve overall balance

This tool helps you step back, reflect, and reset.

🛠 Download the worksheet here: https://smartrecovery.org/hubfs/Tool%206.1f%20Check%20your%20lifestyle%20balance.pdf?hsLang=en
🔎 Find a SMART Recovery meeting: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings

02/25/2026

Want to facilitate SMART?

Interested in becoming a facilitator or strengthening your understanding of the SMART Recovery model?

Facilitator training offers a deeper look at the tools, structure, and principles that guide SMART meetings while building confidence in applying them.

Whether you're considering leading a meeting or simply want to expand your skills, this is a meaningful next step.

🔗 Learn more about training here: https://learn.smartrecovery-canada.ca/

02/24/2026

The ABC Tool is a simple way to understand urges and respond more effectively.

A – Activating Event
B – Belief
C – Consequence
D – Dispute
E – Effective New Belief

When we examine our thinking, we create space for choice.

Try the ABC Tool the next time an urge shows up.

🔗 Worksheet here: https://smartrecovery.org/hubfs/Tool%205.2f%20ABC%20exercise%20multi-line%20FINAL.pdf?hsLang=en
🔗 Find a meeting here: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings

02/15/2026

Canada needs more SMART Recovery meetings 🇨🇦

From February 15 – March 15, Facilitator Training is 50% off!

Available for:
• 4-Point Program Training
• Family & Friends Training

If you’ve been considering facilitating a meeting or starting one in your community, this is a great time to begin.

💙Join us in expanding SMART Recovery across Canada.

🔗 Register here: https://learn.smartrecovery-canada.ca/
📅 Offer ends March 15

02/13/2026

Recovery isn’t about perfection. It’s about progress, practice, and persistence.

If you’re looking for support, SMART Recovery meetings are available online and in person across Canada.

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

02/02/2026

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✨ Explore New Pursuits and Passions ✨

Recovery is about more than stopping, it’s about starting.
New hobbies and meaningful activities can support motivation, connection, and balance.

Use the Explore New Pursuits and Passions worksheet to track ideas and reflect on what works for you.

🔗 Worksheet: https://smartrecovery.org/hubfs/Tool%206.2f%20Explore%20pursuits%20and%20passions.pdf?hsLang=en

🔗 Join a meeting: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings

01/31/2026

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✨Facilitator Spotlight: Howard (Vancouver, BC)✨

Howard brings empathy, learning, and encouragement into every SMART Recovery meeting he facilitates. He describes his facilitation style as empathic, educational, and empowering, and those values guide how he supports participants week after week.

Howard is particularly drawn to the SMART Recovery message “Discover the power of choice.” For him, recovery is about supporting people in reconnecting with their own agency and confidence, especially when things feel hard. This perspective shapes how he introduces SMART tools and creates space for meaningful reflection and growth.

The most rewarding part of facilitating for Howard is witnessing participants rediscover hope. Seeing someone reconnect with a sense of possibility on their journey of discovery and transformation is what makes the work so meaningful to him.

If there is one thing Howard wishes every new participant knew, it is that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness. Simply showing up is already a powerful step forward.

Outside of meetings, Howard recharges by spending time along Vancouver’s seawall. Watching the sun set over the ocean helps him clear his mind and restore his energy.

We are grateful for the care, presence, and encouragement Howard brings to the SMART Recovery community.

Find a SMART Recovery Meeting: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings

01/01/2026

Meeting schedules may vary over the holidays.
Current meetings can be found here: https://smartrecovery-canada.ca/meetings

01/01/2026

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✨ Happy New Year from SMART Recovery Canada ✨

As we step into a new year, we are grateful for our community of participants, facilitators, volunteers, and supporters across Canada. Wherever you are on your journey, you are not alone.

We look forward to continuing this journey with you throughout the year ahead.

💙💛💙💛💙💛

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.

🔗https://smartrecovery.org/hubfs/Tool%202.2f%20Practice%20Self-compassion.pdf?hsLang=en

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.