I recently sat down with our Fundraising & Donor Liaison Manager, who wanted to share some fundraising tips with our facilitators across the country. We know that voluntarily administrating a weekly meeting, with all the issues associated with venue hire, funding and organisation can be time-consuming, so here are some of his favourite tips for…
In the world of addiction, there may be no bigger story than the American opioid crisis currently ravaging massive swathes of the United States. Deaths by overdose numbered over 59,000 last year, and that number looks set to rise if huge preventative steps are not taken. Surprisingly, President Donald Trump has erred from the…
In this informative video, psychiatrist Judson Brewer goes in depth with a critical early stage of the recovery journey: examining your own thoughts, feelings, and actions to begin taking control of the behaviour. The principles he outlines here in layman’s terms are a major facet of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, or CBT, techniques, that we…
In this week’s facilitator Q&A, we meet Megan Collis, who runs our Ipswich meeting on Mondays at 5.00pm. Please tell us about yourself. What you’re interested in, what motivates you, and what you like to do with your time. Currently I’m a full time student studying a Graduate Diploma Of Counselling at the University of…
Josette Freeman, our Senior National Coordinator and pivotal early adopter of SMART Recovery in Australia, recently attended the international Cutting Edge Conference in Wellington, New Zealand, on addiction. Josette delivered a rousing presentation on SMART Recovery Australia and the great work we do in the world of addiction. Although we’re called SMART Recovery Australia, we…
