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Two years ago some of our residential treatment clients at Stepping Stone of San Diego approached the staff with a question. Are there anything else besides Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings available, and, if so, could the alternatives be added to the array of in-house groups and community meetings that they are expected to attend?
In response, we invited a local psychologist, Tom Horvath, to visit and explain how SMART Recovery worked. Tom is president of his La Jolla-based agency, Practical Recovery, but also has been president of the national network of SMART Recovery groups and facilitators. SMART Recovery is a network of mutual aid groups that teach …