THIS IS A RECOVERY NETWORK OF PEOPLE IN RECOVERY IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA. WE DO RECOVER IN SAN DIEGO! THIS IS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN RECOVERY!!
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Am I An Addict?Answer the questions below, as truthfully as you can... Do you ever use more cocaine than you planned? Has the use of cocaine interfered with your job? Is your cocaine use causing conflict with your spouse or family? Do you feel depressed, guilty, or remorseful after you use cocaine? Do you use whatever cocaine you have almost continuously until the supply is exhausted? Have you ever experienced sinus problems or nosebleeds due to cocaine use? Do you ever wish that you had never taken that first line, hit, or injection of cocaine? Have you experienced chest pains or rapid or irregular heartbeats when using cocaine? Do you have an obsession to get cocaine when you don't have it? Are you experiencing financial difficulties due to your cocaine use? Do you experience an anticipation high just knowing you are about to use cocaine? After using cocaine, do you have difficulty sleeping without taking a drink or another drug? Are you absorbed with the thought of getting loaded even while interacting with a friend or loved one? Have you begun to use drugs or drink alone? Do you ever have feelings that people are talking about you or watching you? Do you use larger doses of drugs or alcohol to get the same high you once experienced? Have you tried to quit or cut down on your cocaine use only to find that you couldn't? Have any of your friends or family suggested that you may have a problem? Have you ever lied to or misled those around you about how much or how often you use? Do you use drugs in your car, at work, in the bathroom, on airplanes, or other public places? Are you afraid that if you stop using cocaine or alcohol your work will suffer or you will lose your energy, motivation, or confidence? Do you spend time with people or in places you otherwise would not be around but for the availability of drugs? Have you ever stolen drugs or money from friends or family? If you have answered Yes to any of these questions, you may have a cocaine problem. There is an answer...come to a meeting of Cocaine Anonymous, read the literature and join us... We want to help. Cocaine Anonymous World Service Conference Approved Literaure Copyright ©2005 Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc. "C.A.", "Cocaine Anonymous", and the CA Logo are registered trademarks of Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc. All rights reserved.
Chapter 5How It WorksRarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average.There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it -- then you are ready to take certain steps.At some of these we balked. thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.Remember that we deal with alcohol, cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power that One is God. May you find Him now!Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. we asked His protection and care with complete abandon.Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. The 12 StepsMany of us exclaimed, "What an order! I can't go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventure before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: (a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives. (b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. (c) That God could and would if He were sought.
THE STORY OF BILL W.
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THE BIG BOOK & THE BIG BIG BOOK , 12 AND 12
DR. BOB & BILL W.