Family & Friends
SMART Family & Friends is an online support group for Concerned Significant Others (CSOs) of people with addiction. The group was started in September 2010. Its purpose is to address specific issues encountered when a family member or friend tries to reach out and help a loved one and it draws from the work of Robert Meyers' CRAFT Community reinforcement and family training program which differs significantly from Alanon in that it is a behavioral program which advocates that the CSO can have a positive impact on the substance abuser. Further, the CRAFT program has been demonstrated in Meyers' research to be more effective than the Vernon Johnson type intervention or Alanon, with less negative side-effects and better outcomes, whether or not the substance abuser enters treatment.
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