Steve Kind of Mankato, Minnesota, is a SMART Facilitator and recent addition to the National Office Support Team. His personal struggle with alcohol started in high school and continued into adulthood. After his second DUI, he was at the point of losing everything he loved, especially his wife. It was his open-minded, forward-thinking counselor, at an in-patient
treatment center, that suggested he look into SMART as a new path to recovery. From that point on, his life changed forever.
In this podcast, Steve talks about:
 His struggle with alcohol addiction and the 12-Step recovery process
 How the views on driving under the influence have changed over the years
 Being defensively Christian to an Atheist
 Being introduced to SMART and watching a Jonathan von Breton KZread video
 What came from traveling 70 miles to attend a SMART meeting
 Sitting in a room by himself for six weeks waiting for someone to show up
 The word-of-mouth snowball effect
 Writing the book, The Inspirational Dissatisfaction about his life experiences
 How a job in California almost cost him everything
 Getting off the couch and changing your life