SMART Recovery

The SMART Recovery 4-Point Program® helps people recover from all types of addiction and addictive behaviours, including: drug abuse, drug addiction, substance abuse, alcohol abuse, gambling addiction, prescription drug abuse, sexual addiction, and problem addiction to other substances and activities. 

The 4-Point Program® offers specific tools and techniques for each of the program points:

1. building and maintaining motivation
2. coping with urges
3. managing thoughts, feelings and behaviours
4. living a balanced life

There is an alternate, non-confrontational, scientifically-validated approach to managing addiction recovery problems. This approach is outlined in the following list of books. These books teach family members and friends how to improve their own lives while at the same time providing skills for improving their relationship with their loved one.

• Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening  and Beyond Addiction, 
• How Science & Kindness Help People Change. 
• Using Community Reinforcement And Family Training (CRAFT) 
• CRAFT: An approach that gets people into treatment

SMART Recovery meetings

VCH hosts SMART Recovery meetings in community settings. SMART is a worldwide program and we offer daily meetings in Vancouver, Richmond and the North Shore with trained facilitators from the community. Based on the concepts of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, we use an evidence-based practical approach for people to learn about their unhelpful behaviors and replace them with helpful ones.

All meetings are currently running on Zoom and in person.

Download the SMART recovery meeting schedule for Vancouver, Richmond and Sea to Sky

Vancouver and Richmond schedule

• Mondays 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
• Tuesdays 6 to 7 p.m.
• Wednesdays 4 to 5 p.m.
• Thursdays 6 to 7 p.m.
• Fridays 6 to 7 p.m.
• Saturdays 11 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Meetings are available on Zoom and in-person. For more information, email Bernice.Lee1@vch.ca or call 604-862-0317.

Squamish

There are currently no meetings scheduled.

Sea to Sky (Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton)

• Fridays from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. on Zoom

The women’s only forum is for sensitive female-specific issues and concerns. We ask for the women's cooperation in using the open general forums for non-sensitive general recovery related discussions so that all of SROL may benefit. Information posted within the forum cannot be viewed by those without access. 

Register for the women's only forum. 

The VCH Communication & Group Facilitation, Skill Building & Training Course helps improve your group facilitation and communication skills or supports people interested in facilitating a support group. 

Course outline 

​No referrals necessary, everyone is eligible. 

Contact

For comments or feedback on SMART meetings, cancellations, materials or facilitators, contact Bernice Lee at (604) 675-3980 extension 20351 or by email.