How is a program like SMART Recovery different from a 12-step program?

How is a program like SMART Recovery different from a 12-step program?

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SMART Recovery attendees versus G.A. attendees all have quite a different experience. SMART Recovery's based on cognitive behavioral therapy, and it will be more educational - there is no sponsor system, there is no twelve-step higher power Four Absolute properties in it; it will teach them how to change their thinking, it changes their feelings and behaviors.