Why choose SMART Recovery® Quebec for your local addiction recovery group?
At SMART Recovery® Quebec We Help You Discover the Power of Choice!
SMART Recovery® uses the 4-Point Program® that helps all people who suffer from alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling addiction, drug, alcohol or substance abuse, as well as addiction to other substances and activities.
SMART Recovery® stands for Self-Management and Recovery Training and is not a 12-step based addiction recovery group like AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) or NA (Narcotics Anonymous).
SMART Recovery® Quebec holds an evening meeting every Mondays and Wednesdays at 6pm for 90 minutes located in the NDG area of Montreal. There are daily online meetings.
SMART Recovery® Quebec – Our Purpose
We support individuals who choose to abstain and we support those in harm reduction. We use techniques that promote self-defeating thinking, emotions, and actions. We also encourage to work towards long-term satisfactions that improve quality of life.
SMART Recovery® Quebec – Our Approach
* We teach self-empowerment and self-reliance.
* We encourage individuals to recover and live fulfilling lives.
* We teach tools and techniques for independent change.
* Our meetings are psycho-educational based that includes open discussions.
* We support the use of anti-addiction medications and pharmacotherapy treatments.
* We expand our treatment based on scientific research and as addiction medicine evolves.
SMART Recovery® 4-Point Program®
SMART Recovery® Quebec help individuals gain independence from drug or alcohol addiction. We are an evidenced-informed recovery method grounded in Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), that supports people with substance dependencies or problem behaviours. Our 4-Point Program:
Point 1:
Building and Maintaining Motivation
Point 2:
Coping with Urges
Point 3:
Managing Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviours
Point 4:
Living a Balanced Life
SMART Recovery® Quebec – Tools & Techniques
SMART Recovery® employs a variety of tools and techniques to help gain independence from substance use and addictive behaviours. Members are encouraged to learn how to use each tool and technique and practice them as they progress toward Point 4 – achieving lifestyle balance and leading a fulfilling and healthy life. Our tools include:
– Stages of Change
– Change Plan Worksheet
– Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA)
– ABCs of REBT
– Helpful and Unhelpful Beliefs
– Urge Log
– Personify and DISARM
– Hierarchy of Values (HOV)
– Brainstorming
– Role-playing and Rehearsing
– Unconditional Acceptance
**Go to tools and techniques, to find other SMART Recovery® worksheets.
SMART Recovery® vs. 12 Steps
At SMART Recovery® Quebec, we believe that individuals find their own path to recovery. For some participants, this may include 12-Steps like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA). The philosophy of SMART Recovery® differs from 12-Steps but we do not exclude them. Some SMART participants do both. Some find that both are complimentary towards their path to sobriety.
