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SMART Recovery is the leading international self-empowering addiction recovery support group.
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SMART Recovery® (Self Management And Recovery Training) helps individuals gain independence from addiction (substances or activities). Our efforts are based on scientific knowledge and evolve as scientific knowledge evolves. For more information about our program you can go to our national website at www.smartrecovery.org

12/12/2025

Happy Holidays!

11/30/2025

Our annual Year End Bonfire is coming soon!
Sat December 13 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
Join us to celebrate the festive season and mark the end of the year with a bonfire at Fiesta Island.

We’ll hold a sunset meeting at 4pm and start the bonfire at 5pm. Bring chairs and blankets, and a snack to share if you can.

We will be on the west side of Fiesta Island, immediately south of the intersection of the outer pathway and the shortcut through the island. If you get to the dog park, you’ve gone too far. Look for the blue and orange umbrellas.
Approximate map coordinates: 32.77966° N, 117.22260° W

11/20/2025

SMART Recovery San Diego Meeting Changes

NEW: Mike A. on Tuesdays at 6pm at Tierrasanta Rec Center

NEW: International Meeting Wednesdays at 8am on Zoom with Megan

CHANGE: Crystal’s Wednesday night meeting in Escondido now starts at 7pm

See the calendar for details

11/18/2025

Another great event from The Phoenix! We'll be giving thanks with friends. 🦃🍽️

Thanksgiving Beach Bonfire on November 29
Please invite your friends and come hang out with us. It is going to be cozy, fun, and full of connection. Sign-up: https://links.thephoenix.org/2FY9AyLQPXb

11/14/2025

11/11/2025

Thank you Veterans ❤️

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11/06/2025

NEW MEETING
Our local San Diego meeting facilitator Megan has a new online International meeting!

This meeting is provided by SMART Recovery Global. This online meeting is run out of Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgique

Megan Goodrich, Facilitator
Email: mgoodrich@smartrecovery.org

Specific audiences: Adults Welcome

Languages spoken: English

Next meeting:
Wednesday, November 12
8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in your timezone ( Pacific )

Schedule: Every Wednesday, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
Meeting #: 1223
Passcode: 052428

Verifications: Facilitator-provided verification

11/03/2025

We're giving thanks for all our new friends made when attending activities from The Phoenix.

11/02/2025

Yellowstone, –34°F. A lone bison stands rimmed in rime, snow caking its fur, facing straight into the wind. Bison do this on instinct—the quickest way through a blizzard is head-on. There’s a lesson there: sometimes the only way out is through.

10/23/2025

🥰🐶🐕🐩🦮🐕‍🦺😍

10/09/2025

*******NEW MEETING ALERT*******

Tool/Handbook Meeting with Crystal

Wed October 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PDT

We meet in Room 3 of the Fellowship Hall of the Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation. To find us, enter the parking lot, go past the first building (the Chapel) and park near the second building. Once inside the Fellowship Hall, look for Room 3, also called the Green Room

SMART Recovery meetings are free, and all are welcome.

10/01/2025

Get your spooky on and join the fun! 👻

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8334 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard #214
San Diego, CA
92111

Website

http://smartrecoverysd.org/

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Our Story

SMART Recovery is a global community of 3000 mutual-support groups in which participants meet weekly to help each other overcome the life challenges caused by any addiction (to drugs, alcohol and behaviours such as gambling). Using SMART (Self-Management and Recovery Training), they find the power within themselves to change and lead fulfilling and balanced lives guided by a science-based and sensible 4-Point Program®.The 4-Point Program® 1. Build and maintain motivation 2. Cope with urges and cravings3. Manage thoughts, feelings and behaviour4. Lead a balanced lifeThe Format

Free weekly group meetings (face-to-face and online)

Run by a trained facilitator

Focus on behaviour, not substance

Practical and evidence-based recovery tools

The Outcome

Recovery journey defined by you

Healthy, happy and meaningful life

Deeper relationships with yourself, family and friends

About SMART Recovery InternationalAs addiction grew into a global epidemic, SMART Recovery has expanded into 23 countries offering meetings and a program to help the individuals seeking to recover and families with loved ones needing support. SMART Recovery International was formed in 2018 to:

Create and implement a strategy to grow SMART worldwide.

Ensure the integrity of the SMART program as it expands into numerous countries.

Provide worldwide oversight and support to SMART operations in all member countries.

Oversee the development and integrity of training for meeting facilitators worldwide.

Establish a global IT infrastructure and digital social media presence.

Coordinate research into SMART by providing a forum for addiction scientists and treatment professionals to collaborate, learn how it works and improve this recovery support model based on new research and innovations in treatment.

Align the branding, marketing and fundraising to support SMART Recovery globally.

Our MissionTo make SMART Recovery available to people of every culture and place in life who want freedom from addiction using the power within themselves and support from a caring global community. To ensure that the SMART program always combines the best science and experience of recovery through training, instruction and technology, wherever we hold meetings, be they online, in cities, villages or rural communities.Our VisionAn addiction-free world where people strive together to lead the best life for themselves, their families and their communities.Our Values

Empowerment: Everyone has the power of choice and can choose to change unhelpful or harmful behaviours.

Acceptance: People are not their behaviours so stigmatising language like ‘addict’ and ‘alcoholic’ is not used.

Accessibility: People seeking recovery are empowered to choose what works best for them from a ‘tool box’ of methods demonstrated in meetings and also available on line and in manuals.

Openness: People are free to engage with other services or groups, there is no one path to recovery.

Liberation: People are free to move on and pursue other goals in life once a balanced lifestyle is achieved.