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		<title>Free Six-Session Program On Handling Job-Loss Stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployed? Need help with succeeding in your job search? Join us for a 6 week free online job search support program. Being out of work can trigger a cascade of stressors that correlates with anxiety, down moods, and painful conflicts, thus making sticking to your recovery goals more challenging.  With the holidays approaching, SMART Recovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Expert Says Positive Thinking Is The Smart Way To Recover From Alcoholism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Denis Campbell Originally published by The Guardian, March 10th,  2010 Joe Gerstein, founder of the SMART Recovery treatment program that is spreading from the US as an alternative to AA, explains why he rejects the myth that alcoholism is a &#8216;disease&#8217; to be endured rather than cured Alcoholism is a disease that leaves victims powerless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stages of Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you begin to make changes in your life, it might be useful to understand the process. The theory called the Stages of Change Model (SCM) describes the mind/body stages we go through when we do change. James Prochaska, Ph.D and Carlo Diclemente, Ph.D (1982) developed SCM  in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Differences Between SMART and AA</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Smart Buddhist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many newcomers to Self Management and Recovery Training (SMART) meetings have previous experience with Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Although they have decided to investigate SMART because of dissatisfaction with AA, frequently with its "spiritual" component, they are still unclear about both what they themselves are looking for (aside from either not drinking or cutting back), and what SMART specifically stands for and how it differs from AA. One member of the Washington, DC Area SMART groups offers some thoughts on the subject (which may differ from other members of the groups).]]></description>
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