SMART Recovery's Response to COVID-19

With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, SMART Recovery Member Countries around the globe suspended their face to face meetings and faced the challenge of increasing or creating online offerings that were both appropriate and would replicate what could be expected at a face to face meeting.   

It is important to make sure that people have a resource available to them during this time, a resource that promotes and builds motivation, helps with the challenge of urges, as well as managing damaging thoughts, feelings and behaviours while allowing for growth and ultimately helping the participant to live a balanced life.  

Embracing an online meeting can be challenging for people and we try and make it as informal as possible but we still have meeting guidelines in place to ensure that the meeting is conducted in accordance with the standard guideline.  This is to ensure that, although the “location” is different, it is still conducted in the same way.

You can explore the SMART Recovery Online Meetings and find one running in a timezone convenient to you through the COVID-19 Response page at our website.