Welcome to our next Weekly Bulletin. If you would like us to include something on our weekly news, please get in touch by emailing [email protected]. This weeks latest news is….
Johnny Allison, Veterans Co-ordinator in the UK has recently done a podcast with SMART Recovery US. To listen to the podcast, this can be found here. In this podcast, Johnny talks about:
- What motivated him to join the British Army
- The ties between his boxing career and serving in the military
- Why his substance use started and not understanding what was happening
- How the COVID isolation affected his mental health and well being
- How he was becoming a shadow of himself
- His drive and commitment to finally getting help
- Finding SMART and how it helped him manage his thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
- Why he wanted to become a facilitator
- Creating the 1st Annual International Veterans and First Responders Webinar (more information below)
- The best things about attending a Veterans meeting
The world’s veteran, currently serving, and first responder communities are filled with brave, strong, and honorable individuals. They are true heroes and inspirations for all of us.
Some of these individuals also display bravery by their commitment to recovery from substance addiction, mental health disorders, and maladaptive behaviors. To honor and recognize their efforts, SMART has created an International Veterans & First Responder’s Webinar. This free event is open to all veterans, currently serving, and first responders across the globe—and those who wish to show support and solidarity with these communities.
Please join us for this historic event and celebrate Life Beyond Addiction.
Saturday, November 12th at 4:00 p.m. EST, 9:00 p.m. GMT
& Sunday, November 13th at 8:00 a.m. AEDT
To register: https://www.smartrecovery.org/international-veteran-first-responders-webinar/
We would also be grateful if you could complete the veteran and first responders survey please.. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5DLCJZ9w_3D_3D/
UKSR Supports academic research. As such please find here the details of a PhD researcher from University of Southampton who is conducting research about Veterans and Moral Injury.
What is the research about?
My name is Leanne Morgan and I am a Doctorate student studying to become a Doctor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. As part of my doctorate, I conduct research into an area of interest and write this up as a thesis.
My area of interest is the mental health experiences of military veterans and psychological interventions to treat these. Specifically, the current study aims to explore and understand an emerging mental health problem called moral injury (MI) within military veterans, and whether using compassion as a psychological intervention would be beneficial in treating MI.
The Study which is an online questionnaire can be found here: https://southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bkKYs8HnLzIQ0tw?Q_CHL=qr
And the Researcher is Leanne Morgan [email protected]
We need your help: Are you trained as a SMART Facilitator? And can you spare 1-2 hours per week to run a mutual aid meeting online via zoom? We can support you by providing a zoom link, slides, tool time top up training, advice and support. Please contact us if you can help our online community team by emailing [email protected]
Meeting cancellation – Tuesday’s 8th November 2022 online meeting at 7pm has been cancelled. We have updated the meetings list here – https://smartrecovery.org.uk/online-meetings/