SMART Recovery UK

SMART Recovery aims to help individuals gain control over their addictive behaviours, achieve recovery, a balanced lifestyle and lead meaningful and satisfying lives. The tools and techniques are derived from Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Motivation Enhancement Therapy. The approach continues to evolve as the evidence for psychological interventions develops, under the guidance of an international advisory board which includes such luminaries as Alan Marlatt, Aaron Beck and Carlo DiClemente. The SMART Recovery programme therefore uses some of the most evidence based methods available. What makes SMART Recovery different from treatment is the focus on mutual aid and peer led meetings. To put it in simple terms, SMART Recovery is a secular and science based alternative to AA / NA and other mutual aid networks