Originally Posted by
Threshold 
About lack of meetings for various programs...well, there will only ever be MORE meetings if people who want recovery attend the meetings and seed new ones. There is no magical someone out there who creates them out of thin air, it takes the determination and dedication of people who want recovery.
If you want one near you, attend another for awhile and find out what it takes to start a new meeting. Often a few people from another group will travel to the new one for awhile at least to help it get up and running.
THIS is how groups start, spread and thrive. Commitment.
Yes it is. And I should mention that it takes a bit of doing to start a SMART meeting. There's a training requirement to ensure that meeting facilitators know how to run a quality meeting. Then there's the challenge of finding a space. 12 step rehabs won't rent you a room, and the churches sometimes put you off because you're not faith-based. Particularly in more conservative areas, it can be a real challenge.
But we persevere and continue to grow. We're adding meetings all the time. We're growing particularly fast in areas, like Great Britain, where the 12 step ideology isn't as pervasive. And the online meetings are extremely popular. We now have at least 2 every day and they are typically full.