SMART recovery program for teens and adolescents
This resource is an interesting one, as it is a combination of live group meetings, and web resources that instruct users on how to create a SMART recovery group, using the guidelines set out on the website. Unlike other Self Help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous, SMART recovery offers Online support group meetings, in addition to in person meets. Secondly, unlike most other programs that are already well established, almost anyone can start their own SMART recovery group using the tools provided on the website. Therefore, this resource is more so geared toward the parents of adolescents experiencing alcohol problems and other adult figures that want to reach out to the community and help combat alcoholism. In addition, the information it provides also covers peer pressure and associated problems that lead to alcohol abuse. Therefore, this resources ties in well to the France article about Risk taking, which explains that peer pressure is one of the leading factors that cause teens to take risks, such as consume alcohol or illicit narcotics (France 321). Finally, unlike the CCSA and like Alcoholics Anonymous, this resource is a support resource that is meant to help those already struggling with alcohol abuse, and while it does talk about the dangers of alcohol and drugs, it does not have much in the way of preventative resources as the CCSA does.
Works Cited List
France, A. (2000) “Towards a Sociological
Understanding of Youth and their Risk-taking”, Journal of Youth Studies, 3:3,
317-331
“SMART Recovery - Self Management for
Addiction Recovery.” Self Help Addiction Recovery | SMART Recovery, 2017,
www.smartrecovery.org/.
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