Family & Friends Towards Recovery – Henley 11 th October 2014

Family & FriendsTowards Recovery – Henley11th October 2014Steve Crawley & Virginia Naden

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What is SMART Recovery?

• Abstinence oriented recovery organisation, based on peer led mutual aid

• Uses tools from REBT, CBT, Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change

• Secular, science based mutual aid option

• Evolved from partnership between people in recovery and addictions psychologists

What is SMART Recovery?

SMART Recovery is a skills-based, self-help programme for individuals struggling with dependencies of all kinds. An alternative to 12-step models such as Alcoholics Anonymous, SMART Recovery uses well-established techniques from modern psychology to equip people with practical skills and tools to overcome their addiction.

SMART Recovery for Family & Friends

• Developed in the US - adapted from SMART Recovery and CRAFT (Dr. Robert J. Meyers “Get Your Loved One Sober”)

• First F&F online meetings in 2010 on US site

• 2013 F&F manuals anglicised for the UK

• November 2013 started F&F online meeting in UK

• 2014 Created online F&F training • Pilot Scheme commenced July 2014

UK

Pilot Sites• 34 sites across

the UK

• 6 Month Pilot due to finish end January 2015

• Evaluation

• Roll Out

SMART Recovery for Family & Friends

The SMART Recovery goal for Family & Friends is for you to achieve a healthy, positive and balanced lifestyle while supporting your Loved One (LO) in a meaningful and truly helpful way. Our approach:• Teaches self-empowerment and self-

reliance.• Encourages individuals to change

unhelpful habits and live satisfying lives.

• Teaches tools and techniques for self-directed change.

What is CRAFT?

CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) is an evidence-based programme designed to teach family and friends new ways of interacting with a person who has an addiction with a goal of increasing the chances that the person will seek recovery.

Our Meetings

Meeting format

• Welcome statement….…………….5 minutes

• Check-in……………………………25 minutes

• Set Agenda……………………….....2 minutes

• Work………………….……………45 minutes

• Pass the hat……………….………...2 minutes

• Checkout………………..………….10 minutes

Example Topics

Change and

Motivation

Self-Care & Self-

Rewards

Inner Dialogue

The ABCs of REBT

Beliefs and

Disputations

Positive

Communication

Healthy Boundaries

Safety and Support

Coping with Lapses

Disable the Enabling

Trust and

Forgiveness

Setting S.M.A.R.T.

Goals

What participants say…

“SMART Recovery F&F meetings help me regain my self balance, and remind me of the need to look after myself first. The support and encouragement from those in the F&F meetings have helped strengthen me, so that I can better support my LO when he's ready for help.”Anita, UK online

The Website

• Community

• Training

• Online Meetings

• Meeting Directory

• Resources

• Facilitator Support Meetings

The Online Community

• Friends

• Groups

• Chat

• Videos

The Online Training

• SMART for Life

• Getting SMART

• SMART Facilitator

• SMART Family &

Friends

Resources

For more information please visit:

www.smartrecovery.org.uk

Thank you for joining us today

leighp@smartrecovery.org.uk

07795 073416

Leigh Proctor – National Coordinator WalesUK Lead for Family & Friends

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