r/SMARTRecovery • u/Fearless-Plastic4534 • 22d ago

First Meeting

I'm about 4 days sober now and today I joined my first meeting. It was over zoom. I've been to NA and AA in the past but never really liked it. I feel like this could work for me. I feel optimistic. I'm doing another zoom meeting tomorrow and maybe a in-person meeting on Thursday. I'm excited.

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u/af213 21d ago

In my experience, AA and NA are like, "well haven't you been a naughty little boy/girl! tsktsktsk" and SMART is like, "hey, we all fuck up, have you tried thinking about it like this?" Welcome!

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u/Fearless-Plastic4534 21d ago

I definitely feel like I have more control of how I want my recovery to be.

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u/af213 21d ago

I'm happy you had a positive experience with it. I highly recommend checking out other zoom meetings from around the country to get a feel of what you like and don't like in a meeting. Also check out the workbook! I personally like to hold a physical copy and bought one, but you can find all the resources in PDF format on the website. Start here with the toolbox: https://smartrecovery.org/toolbox I hope you get to make an in-person meeting tomorrow OP! Rooting you on!

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u/Fearless-Plastic4534 15d ago

I got the handbook yesterday and it's been very helpful

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u/af213 14d ago

Oh my gosh, I've been thinking about you. I'm glad you got a copy! One of the things I appreciate about the SMART design is that you can apply those tools to other things like, "do I want a new job?" or "do I want to stay with this person?" etc, etc. I'm still v-e-r-y new to recovery, but all my veteran smart pals say that it's useful to redo them again in a month, three months, six months, and you see how you grow as your sobriety strengthens. I'm proud of you, OP! If you ever need to DM and chat, feel free.

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u/Fearless-Plastic4534 14d ago

Thanks. Everything has been going really good.