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Douglas County SMART Program participants and facilitators are pictured at the end of their Zoom meeting on Dec. 30.
Two years ago, Matt J. desperately wanted to stop drinking alcohol.
His wife had had enough of his behavior; his kids couldn’t trust him to show up when they needed him; and Matt knew he wasn’t being a productive member of the family.
“I was not contributing to anything. I was a disappointment to myself,” the 56-year-old said during a Wednesday Zoom call with the Journal-World.
Matt had been to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, but they just weren’t “clicking.” Then, an employee from Heartland RADAC referred Matt to a local chapter of the national Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) program. ....

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