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What is C.A.?
We are a Fellowship of cocaine addicts who
meet together to share our experience, strength, and hope for the purpose
of staying sober and helping others achieve the same freedom. Everything
heard at our meetings is to be treated as confidential. There are no dues
or fees of any kind. To be a member, you only have to want to quit, and
show up. We also exchange phone numbers, and give and seek support from one
another between meetings.
We are all
on equal footing here. There are no professional therapists offering
treatment, and no one "runs" the group. Everyone in these rooms
is here because he or she has a desire to stop usIng cocaine. We are men
and women of all ages, races, and social backgrounds, with the common bond
of affliction. Our program, called the Twelve Steps of Recovery, is
gratefully borrowed from Alcoholics Anonymous, whose more than 50 years of
experience with substance abuse teaches us that the best human help an
addict can receive is from another addict. Some of us may first come to C.A. while
in a treatment program or seeking individual psychotherapy. We say,
"Fine, do whatever works for you."
We don't
pretend to have all the answers, but experience has taught us that a
recoveri.ng addict will almost certainly relapse without the ongoing
support of fellow addicts.
We welcome
newcomers to C.A.
with more genuine warmth and acceptance in our hearts than you can probably
now Imaglne-for you are the life blood of our Program. In great part, it is
by carrying the message of recovery to others like ourselves that we keep
our own sobriety. We are all helping ourselves by helping each other.
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