Welcome to episode 29!

Today's guest is LPP's own Dee Cloward.

Dee has been a Life Process Program coach for four years now. Prior to that, she was with SMART Recovery for 15 years in many capacities, primarily as a volunteer, and served there as Program Manager for Court Outreach and Special Events Coordinator, and Director of Training to mention just a few. She was highly beloved in the online community and beyond and continues to facilitate SMART meetings locally in the county jail and online. In addition, she has her own small local coaching business in Cincinnati.

Dee had a highly turbulent although largely functional life for many years before ultimately finding recovery and joy in life with SMART Recovery over 15 years ago. She is an example of how well online ONLY recovery can work. She beat addiction without in-person meetings, AA (or other 12-step groups), therapy, inpatient or outpatient treatment.

She has remained abstinent from alcohol (as well as drugs to which she's had unhealthy attachments in the past) for 11 years. 

That's something we discuss today-- why it is important for her, personally, to remain abstinent from those substances and involvements, and why she doesn't always necessarily recommend this approach for all. 

Some other relevant topics from today's discussion: 

- We talk about her background  and personal professional / personal addiction experiences

- We talk about her finding SMART Recovery— which is a non 12-step support group, that functions similarly to the Life Process Program.   Actually, I ask her to compare and contrast SMART and the Life Process Program— something she does well while honoring the nuance.

- She tells me the story of meeting Stanton Peele and later working with him.

- We also talk about important differences between abstinence from alcohol and drugs  versus drinking and using drugs moderately

- And she also distinguishes moderation from harm reduction.

All of that and more on episode 29 of the LPP Podcast with Dee Cloward.

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Visit Dee's web site for articles and to inquire about 1-1 coaching: http://recoverydee.com 

Archives from the SMART podcast, hosted by Dee : http://smartrecovery.libsyn.com

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