Smart Recovery self-management and recovery training

A new type of recovery is gaining some light on the Coast that steers away from tradition.

Smart Recovery is a growing alternative to the 12 step program. Smart Recovery is secular and scientific based where they use a different tool each meeting to face their problems.

One tool is finding out how much your addiction costs, not just with money, but also with your family and friends. Most tools help you to find motivation and see where your priorities need to lie.

Group leader and recovery specialist Jeffrey Savin says these meetings have helped people struggling with drugs and alcohol and also people struggling with other forms of addiction.

With nearly nine years of sobriety under his belt, Savin says Smart Recovery has helped him. “I have a dream. I want Smart Recovery meetings all over the Coast because these tools are good for life. They’re not just good for addiction. Now they’re good for every addiction imaginable, but they’re also good for life issues. It can help people with life. It’s for these people that don’t get the 12 step of the faith-based recovery because they deserve a chance to recover as well. Everybody should be able to recover.”

If you or someone you know would be interested in going to a Smart Recovery meeting, Savin holds them at the Biloxi VA on Saturday nights at 7 and at Crossroads Recovery Center in Gulfport at 10 a.m. every morning. You can contact Savin at 228-235-5160.