Originally Posted by
SDLY 
Ive read the AVRT introduction and flash cards , really cool , is Smart similar?
Except for not requiring a "Higher Power", no. They are based on very different, and largely incompatible paradigms. SMART Recovery is based on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), and AVRT violates almost all of the axioms of REBT. REBT is a disputational, reasoning approach, and AVRT is not. The Big Plan of AVRT is absolutistic, unreasoning, and autocratic. It is not necessarily rational, at least by REBT standards.
To the extent that it acknowledges it, REBT views the Addictive Voice as an irrational belief which can be disputed, whereas AVRT does not. In fact,
the Beast of AVRT is actually a rational entity. AVRT considers the Addictive Voice a rational, intelligent expression of a valid biological drive. Through the lens of AVRT, the thought processes and behavior of addicted people are actually perfectly logical, predictable, and
rational.
If I had to sum it up in a nutshell, SMART, through REBT, sees the AV as irrational, whereas RR, through AVRT, does not. So, there is a bit of a compatibility problem there, IMO.
