UK SMART Recovery is a group where honest and confidential discussion helps us to change any addictive or compulsive behaviour that are a problem.

We view our problem behaviour as our own responsibility and the result of choices we have made. What we chose to do, we can also choose to stop.

UK SMART Recovery advocates personal choice. People make a choice to engage in problematic and addictive behaviours. They can also make a choice to stop. Everyone has the power of choice and can choose to change unhelpful or harmful behaviours.

People are not their behaviours so language like ‘addict’ and ‘alcoholic’ is not used. We don’t use labels such as ‘bad’ or ‘antisocial’ in our group. We are more than our problem behaviours. People seeking recovery are empowered to choose what works best for them, from a ‘tool box’ of methods demonstrated in meetings and training materials.

Participants are free to engage with other services or mutual-aid groups which they find helpful while also attending UK SMART Recovery Meetings; there is no single pathway to recovery and it is important that each person has their own recovery journey, done in their own way that feels best for them.

Once a healthy, positive and balanced lifestyle is achieved, participants are free to move on and pursue other goals in their life.