Unemployed? Need help with succeeding in your job search? Join us for a 6 week free online job search support program.

Being out of work can trigger a cascade of stress, anxiety, down moods, and painful inner conflicts, which can make sticking to recovery goals more challenging. With 14.8 million Americans out of work, these obstacles can only be expected to increase during the upcoming holiday season.

As a public service, SMART Recovery will present a free, internet-based discussion group to help people learn how to succeed in a job search under tough economic circumstances.  The program consists of building technical skills (i.e. creating an impactful resume) and developing psychological skills (i.e. communications, follow-through, and managing setbacks).  

The program leader is Dr. Bill Knaus, author of Fearless Job Hunting: Powerful Psychological Strategies for Getting the Job You Want. The sessions are open to everyone and will take place for 6 consecutive Mondays, beginning December 6th and concluding on January 10th. Each session will start with a different theme, such as how to sustain realistic optimism in tough times. Following a discussion on the theme, each session is then open to all topics you wish to bring for discussion.

The meetings will be hosted in one of the SMART Recovery voice meeting rooms – The SMART Room – at noon eastern time, and each will last 30-45 minutes. To access the SMART Room, register for SMART Recovery Online.

Once registered, you will access the message board and then select the “SMART Recovery Chat and Meeting Rooms” from the drop down chat room menu found near the top left of the screen.

SMART Recovery trusts this public service will be of assistance to many.

Don’t Miss SMART Recovery Online’s Fall FUNdraiser!
November 5th - 6th

The signs of fall are beginning to appear—shorter days, cooler nights, the leaves on the trees are starting to change colors, the kids are back in school, football practices & games… the list goes on and on.

Yet another tell-tale sign of fall is that the planning and preparations are in full swing for the 2010 Fall FUNdraiser, celebrating the 12th anniversary of SMART Recovery® Online (SROL). This year’s festivities and Fundraising event will be taking place on Friday and Saturday, November 5th - 6th, 2010.

Friday Nov 5th - Online Auction

The 2010 Fall FUNdraiser festivities will “kick-off” on Friday, when bidding opens on the fun-filled auction that just keeps on getting BIGGER and BETTER every year! Once again this year, we have many AWESOME items that have been donated by our members and friends and we extend our heartfelt thanks for your generosity!

Among the items “up for grabs” to the highest bidder are many beautiful, original and unique handmade jewelry items, a GORGEOUS Australian opal (mined by SMART Recovery’s founding President Joe Gerstein), an antique Hummel figurine, various popular recovery books (some autographed by their author), plus many, MANY more items too numerous to mention. There is something for everyone, so remember to bid often and bid high! (Don’t be like Shari last year, who, literally, had the rug pulled from beneath her feet!)

Check out the auction items!

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Mentor, Ohio - SMART Recovery^® announces its 600^th meeting as it continues expanding face-to-face group meetings nationally and internationally. SMART Recovery, the leading self-empowering addiction recovery support group, offers tools for overcoming addiction based on the latest scientific research and is now doing so in more and more cities and towns.

On October 20^th, the 600^th meeting will be underway in Prescott, Arizona, and is being facilitated by John Mosbach and Johanna Gherman, volunteer facilitators for SMART Recovery. John states, “I have been doing volunteer work at local VA Hospital and have seen many vets with addictions who don’t seem to benefit from 12-step programs and were seeking options. A SMART Recovery face-to-face meeting became available to the Vets at the VA, which I was pleased to see occur, and I have attended a few of the meetings. That led me to believe it would be beneficial to start a community meeting in Prescott, which is a big recovery town. I’m taking the Distance Facilitator Training, and look forward to bringing SMART Recovery to Prescott”. Johanna shares, “When I learned about the SMART Recovery program I wanted to become involved in a helpful way. I feel recovery through various avenues is a key to recovery and I want to help others.”

SMART Recovery has reached 600 meetings via a distance training program for group Facilitators, information available on its website regarding how to start meetings, and outreach efforts through various social networks.

SMART Recovery meetings consist of various activities and tools aimed at helping individuals understand and correct the connection between their irrational beliefs, actions and consequences. A variety of tools are provided within the 4-Point Program^® and ways of handling motivation, urges, emotional upsets, etc. are discussed and then practiced by participants.

John M. of SMART Recovery New York City states, “Considering how much we pay for the necessities and luxuries of our ‘modern’ existence, it’s incredible that something as life-altering as SMART Recovery is free. And given the current economic situation, the need for it is greater than ever.”

SMART Recovery also serves the international community and already has meetings in Australia, Canada, India, Iran, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan. Meetings are soon scheduled to begin in Poland, Switzerland and Russia. SMART Recovery is now in the process of expanding the availability of its services throughout the world and will soon introduce a podcast, new videos and other materials so that all can benefit from the program wherever they’re located.

From its headquarters in Mentor, Ohio, SMART Recovery provides all of its services and maintains operations such as handling calls and emails, releasing publications and raising funds.

Website: www.smartrecovery.org