SMART Recovery San Diego Blog
How are you doing with your recovery?: The SMART Recovery® Activities Scale (SRAS)
How are you doing with your recovery?: The SMART Recovery® Activities Scale (SRAS) by Julie Myers, PsyD and Donald Meichenbaum, PhD The SMART Recovery® Activities Scale (SRAS) is a new tool to help those engaged with SMART Recovery®. The SRAS was developed by...
SMART Recovery: Making changes, step-by-step
SMART Recovery: Making changes, step-by-step by Julie Myers, PsyD Volunteer Adviser, SMART Recovery San Diego Have you ever wanted to make changes in your life, but felt so overwhelmed by the situation that you didn’t know where to start? Sometimes it helps to break...
Have you ever asked for help?
Here is a typical situation that we tried to replay in one of our recent meetings: Joe: "Hi Steve, I am the new Joe. I had some significant drinking problems until a few month ago. Then I decided to change my life. I built motivation, took some drastic steps, and...
SMART Recovery: Lifestyle balance
SMART Recovery: Lifestyle Balance by Julie Myers, PsyD Volunteer Adviser, SMART Recovery San Diego Many people know how to maintain balance in our lives….. we just forget to do it! So how can we remember to take the time to include relaxation, exercise,...
SMART Recovery: Stress relievers for urge control
SMART Recovery: Stress relievers for urge control by Julie Myers, PsyD Volunteer Adviser, SMART Recovery San Diego Have you ever thought about how much stress triggers your using? Stress (and the resulting anxiety or anger) drives people to seek relief. For many...
Working a SMART Recovery
Working a SMART Recovery by Julie Myers, PsyD Change in recovery takes work, just like learning any other new skill. It rarely happens without effort. Try these simple tips to make faster progress in your recovery: Write down a list of SMART Recovery tools you can...