Apr 18, 2023 | DISARM, Family & Friends
[Ed. Note: big thanks to SMART Volunteer Anne Devenport for writing this guest blog] The DISARM tool is used in SMART Recovery to deal with urges – participants in recovery meetings imagine that an unpleasant salesperson is trying to push them into their addictive...
Sep 27, 2021 | ABC, Coping With Urges, DEADS, DIBs, DISARM, SMART News, Video
Tips & Tools Episodes are now in 4K! You won’t want to miss this special edition of SMART Recovery’s popular YouTube series which can help anyone in their successful recovery journey. In today’s episode we discuss advanced strategies to overcome...
Dec 5, 2017 | Coping With Urges, DISARM, Managing Thoughts
DISARMing the Trickster By Yvan Roy A workshop I designed suggests how to use the SMART tool DISARM – Destructive Imagery and Self-talk Awareness and Refusal Method – at a meeting or on your own. 1. Develop the Framework – Externalize the Addiction Talk about how the...