Supercharge Your Recovery with Rick Kuplinski

About this episode

Rick Kuplinski discusses how SMART Recovery transformed his life and the importance of journaling in the recovery process.

Rick Kuplinski credits SMART Recovery with changing his life in profound ways. He says he has never been happier and more satisfied with his life since he started applying the principles and practices of self-empowered recovery. He started writing about his experiences in brief essays and has been a SMART Blog contributor since 2022. Now he has collected his essays and packaged it in a book called Supercharge Your Recovery: 30 Essays on Beating Addiction with SMART Recovery. In this podcast Rick talks about how he ended up reaching a point where he knew he had to make changes and why SMART worked for him when other pathways didn't. He shares his thoughts on the process of journaling and the need for reflection, and how he believes that you don't have to be a "writer" to benefit from writing.

People in this episode

Guest: Rick Kuplinski

Topics covered

• recovery
• addiction
• self-empowerment
• journaling
• reflection

Keywords

• SMART Recovery
• addiction
• recovery
• journaling
• self-empowerment
• reflection
• essays

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SMART Recovery

Books & works: Supercharge Your Recovery: 30 Essays on Beating Addiction with SMART Recovery

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