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In the last few months at the Irvine SMART meeting many van loads of clients of various rehabs and sober living houses have been attending. These are notable for always being late and disruptive to the meeting. With the SMART outline of check in it’s difficult to accommodate late people. The biggest violator has beenContinue reading “Need to Vent”

At the last Sunday Irvine Meeting I announced that I would not be available to facilitate the meetings on May 17th and 24th. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve found people to substitute for both of those meetings. Meetings will be continuous indefinitely. I’m grateful for the help. I think it’s great that meeting regularsContinue reading “Notes on Meetings”

Hello Everyone, SMART is having a scholarship fundraiser for SMART facilitator training. It’s ending in a few day so if you can contribute go here. http://www.smartrecovery.org/volunteer_month/ I have contributed $200.00 out of the donations from our group to the fund. It has a matching challenge going now so it resulted in $400 being contributed toContinue reading “SMART Volunteer Month”

I had the good fortune of attending the world premiere of The Business of Recovery last night at the Newport Beach Film Festival. You can learn more about the film and view a trailer here. http://www.thebusinessofrecovery.com I thought the film was crafted well. Interviews with professionals and lay people were interspersed with statistical data andContinue reading “The Business of Recovery a review”

Hello smarties. I’m starting this blog to communicate with meeting goers with the hopes of spreading the word of recovery. I will post updates and links about what is happening in SMART Recovery. Also info specifically for the Irvine meeting. Good idea to check this site in case there is a last minute meeting cancellationContinue reading “Hello Welcome to the Irvine Meeting blog”