Topic
Recovery without a higher power — SMART, LifeRing, and other secular paths for people whose recovery doesn't include religion.
4 stories
Marcus sat in a church basement for the first time, uncertain. Around him, people he'd never met nodded in recognition. Five free programs exist for people in recovery, each built on different beliefs…
Byron Kerr checked in at his LifeRing meeting, sharing how his week went and what temptations he'd navigated. Around the table, others listened and offered their own stories, no lectures or doctrine r…
Josh Warren attends a SMART Recovery meeting each week and facilitates others. He's been working to build a life beyond the drug use that started when he was twelve. Now he helps people understand tha…
Michael Mihailos spent years visiting different recovery groups until he found one that fit. The problem wasn't the programs themselves, but their spiritual requirements. When he discovered SMART Reco…
