Finalcall

Has anybody here spent much time in smart programs?
thinking about visiting next week and would like to know what to expect.
Thanks

Dee74

No personal experience but I've heard good things

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snitch

No I havent as their meetings coincide with school pick up time for my daughter but I follow Smart Recovery on instagram and love what is shared by them.

decchemist

Yes I have been going to my local SMART since I quit 2y3m ago. It's the only meeting I go to. I like it.

It sounds very different to AA from what I hear. More of a discussion goes on.

Tetrax

Intro, check-ins (summarise your week, if you want) where peer feedback is encouraged, no 'alcoholic' or 'addict' labels allowed, work on a tool most appropriate to what people shared, pass the hat if there's rent, check-outs. Cross-talk all the way unlike in AA, but in my experience many people often new/uncommitted.

More open but less serious than AA and with many more changing faces, I would say.