To the best of my knowledge, there aren't any SMART meetings around here. I'd be interested in learning about their views (I'll Google, duh!). While it's true, many AA's do wind up doing a lot of paper work..."You take what you need & leave the rest." I go to AA because I have no problem finding meetings...& my sponsor isn't a hardline "Step Nazi." I've worked the steps, but the books' approaches surely weren't strictly adhered to when I did them.