SMART Recovery LGBTQ+ Meetings

Community & Support Groups, Self-Care & Wellness, and Sobriety & Recovery

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SMART Recovery is a science-based addiction recovery program that offers an alternative to 12-step programs for people who prefer a secular, self-empowerment approach to sobriety. SMART stands for Self-Management and Recovery Training, and its method is grounded in cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational tools, and peer support.

SMART Recovery hosts LGBTQ+-specific online meetings that provide a recovery space where queer and trans people do not have to manage their identity alongside their recovery. These meetings are facilitated and free, and can be accessed from anywhere, which is especially meaningful for LGBTQ+ people in rural or unsupportive areas where in-person affirming recovery spaces are rare or nonexistent.

For LGBTQ+ people who have felt unwelcome in traditional 12-step environments, found the language or culture of those spaces alienating, or simply prefer a non-spiritual approach to recovery, SMART Recovery’s LGBTQ+ meetings offer a genuinely different option.

If you are seeking a secular, affirming recovery community, SMART Recovery provides free tools, meetings, and a supportive network that centers your autonomy and self-determination.