by Cheri Harkleroad | Sep 6, 2011 | General, Motivation
Building Confidence with SMART Recovery by Julie Myers, PsyD Volunteer Adviser, SMART Recovery San Diego Sometimes, when you slip in your recover, your confidence may slip with you. You may believe that you don’t know how to change your behaviors, that somehow...
by Cheri Harkleroad | Aug 21, 2011 | Motivation
SMART Recovery CBA: How the Benefits of Recovery Expand by Julie Myers, PsyD Volunteer Adviser, SMART Recovery San Diego When you begin to contemplate changing your addictive behavior, you may think about all the problems that your behavior has caused. There may...
by Cheri Harkleroad | Jun 10, 2011 | General, Motivation, Problem Solving
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,...
by Cheri Harkleroad | May 16, 2011 | Motivation, Urges and Cravings
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...
by Cheri Harkleroad | May 8, 2011 | General, Lifestyle Balance, Motivation, Problem Solving, Urges and Cravings
How to participate in SMART Recovery meetings by Julie Myers, PsyD Volunteer Adviser, SMART Recovery San Diego SMART Recovery stands for “Self-Management and Recovery Training”. In other words, it is about how YOU can take control of yourself and...
by Cheri Harkleroad | May 1, 2011 | Lifestyle Balance, Motivation, Problem Solving
Change planning in SMART Recovery by Julie Myers, PsyD Change doesn’t necessarily happen without careful deliberation and planning. If we just expect things to happen on their own, we can end up repeating the same behaviors we hoped to change. For example, let’s say...
