Alcohol & Drug Abuse Self-Help

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“Prior to filing, the form 990 is presented to the executive director and finance committee for review and approval. The form 990 is then electronically distributed to the board of directors for review in advance of filing. An independent board officer signs the 8879-eo and the 990 is then electronically filed.”

“Each year, the board members are asked to review the organization's conflict of interest policy. Among other things, the policy makes clear that all decisions of the board, officers, and employees of the organization are made solely on the basis of a desire to promote the best interest of the organization and the public good. The conflict of interest statement requests board members to identify to the best of their knowledge affiliations with organizations that may be potentially related to the financials or other substantive operations of the organization. They are also asked to identify circumstances involving either themselves, or a member of their extended family, that may be construed as a conflict of interest. At the staff level, the organization's personnel also ensure that there are no conflicts of interest when considering the engagement of a new vendor. If a potential conflict is identified, appropriate steps are taken to both assess the nature of the potential conflict and, subsequently, to ensure that the possibility of an actual conflict is mitigated. Such mitigation is managed and the letter and spirit of the conflicts policy are upheld.”

“The executive committee annually evaluates the performance of the executive director. Compensation is based on performance and compared to other area mission-comparable organizations of similar size. Compensation for staff within the organization is determined by the executive director. The level of compensation is set based on performance and in relation to other area mission-comparable organizations of similar size. This compensation is a component of the budget, which is reviewed and approved by the finance committee and also by the board as a whole.”

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“The organization's governing documents, form 1023, form 990 conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. The form 990, without schedule b) can also be found on several publicly-accessible websites.”

“To empower people to achieve independence from addictive substances or behaviors through our 4-point program that uses principles and tools from the evidence-based cognitive and motivational therapies most widely used in treatment; these include cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt), rational- emotive behavioral therapy (rebt), motivational interviewing and community reinforcement and family training (craft). Smart family & friends meetings use craft techniques to help people manage the significant stress from having a loved one with addiction problems and learn non-confrontational and loving measures to help them seek treatment.”

“Self-management and recovery training (smart) completed its 24th year in 2018. Smart crossed a major milestone: 3,000 weekly group meetings, continuing a double-digit annual growth surge in which the number of meetings has quintupled since 2010. Smart has grown into the world's largest community of support groups that uses a self-empowering, science- based program. During 2018, the organization launched smart recovery international (sri) to oversee the ongoing global growth, including separate offices in the uk and australia, where smart has a significant presence with 530 and 300 group meetings in those countries, respectively, in addition to 2,000 groups in the u.s. Smart recovery groups also meet weekly in countries as diverse as china and hong kong, denmark, india, mexico, new zealand, namibia, romania and uzbekistan. Online meeting growth and innovation smart also provided extensive support online in 2018 by hosting more than 30 weekly group meetings on our website (smartrecovery.org). We started to upgrade our technology for these meetings, introducing the zoom video conferencing platform. These meetings are accessible to anyone worldwide and are especially helpful for people in remote areas and for those who lack transportation or cannot leave home due to childcare/eldercare responsibilities. Through our online community (www.smartrecovery.org/community), people also received 24/7/365 support in chat rooms and message boards, many devoted to specific drug addictions, such as opioids, cocaine, methamphetamines and other stimulants, along with problematic addictive behaviors such as gambling, porn addiction and overeating. Smart's growth has been especially helpful for people needing medication- assisted treatment (mat) to help them recovery from opioid and alcohol addictions. It is smart's policy to welcome anyone using legally prescribed medications to attend its meetings. Meetings for diverse settings and needs such as correctional facilities and family members smart continued to broaden its reach and impact with meetings in schools, military and correctional facilities, hospitals and treatment centers. The number of smart family & friends meetings continues to grow, reaching approximately 150 worldwide in 2018. These draw from the highly effective evidence-based treatment known as craft (community reinforcement and family training). Smart's correctional program, known as insideout, was offered in 200 prisons. These meetings are designed to help inmates overcome addiction problems and correct criminal thoughts and behaviors, while focusing on the changes required for them to lead a balanced, fulfilling and productive life. Smart 4-point program and therapeutic tools surveys of volunteers and meeting participants showed they are attracted by the practical framework for changing self-destructive behavior provided by the smart recovery 4-point program: 1.build and maintain motivation to overcome addictive and other problematic behavior. 2.cope with urges to prevent regressing back to harmful behavior. 3.manage thoughts, feelings and behavior to prevent relapses and extreme emotional upsets. 4.lead a balanced life, replacing the one associated with the problematic behavior. This is paramount in long-term recovery from addiction. Many participants said they benefited from the therapeutic tools provided by the smart program. These include the cost-benefit-analysis technique (cba), which helps people understand how the immediate gratification from drinking or using drugs is far outweighed by the long-term costs, including financial distress, failed relationships, job loss, imprisonment and health problems that can lead to death. Smart tools such as cba work well as group exercises in meetings, and people use them individually for a wide range of behavioral problems. In fact, people continue to use smart meetings to address other life challenges because its self-empowering 4-point program and science-based tools can be applied”

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