Stepping Stones To Recovery - From Cocaine Crack Addiction

158 Pages·1994·0.41 MB·English

by  Lisa D.

Stepping Stones to Recovery From
title:
Cocaine/crack Addiction
author:
publisher: Hazelden Publishing
isbn10 | asin: 1568385129
print isbn13: 9781568385129
ebook isbn13: 9780585305042
language: English
Crack (drug) , Addicts--Rehabilitation--
subject Handbooks, manuals, etc, Cocaine habit,
Drug addiction.
publication date: 1999
lcc: HV5278A56 1995eb
ddc: 362.2928
Crack (drug) , Addicts--Rehabilitation--
subject: Handbooks, manuals, etc, Cocaine habit,
Drug addiction.
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Stepping Stones to Recovery
From Cocaine/Cack Addiction
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Hazelden
Center City, Minnesota 55012-0176
1-800-328-0094
1-651-215-4590 (Fax)www.hazelden.orgwww.hazelden.org
Copyright © 1990 by Anonymous
First published in 1990 by Glenn Abbey Books, Inc.
First published by Hazelden Foundation 1999
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means
without the prior written permission of the author.
Cover design by
Graphiti Associates, Inc.
Seattle, Washington
The 12 Steps and 12 Traditions are reprinted and adapted with
permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
Permission to reprint and adapt the Steps and Traditions does not
mean A.A. has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication
nor that A.A. agrees with the views expressed herein.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a program of recovery from alcoholism. The
use of the Steps and Traditions in connection with programs and
activities which are patterned after A.A. but which address other
problems does not imply otherwise.
NOTE: 1. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 63
2. Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 76
3. The Connection, Summer 1988
4. N.A. Way, October 1987
First Edition
ISBN 1-56838-512-9
Printed in the United States of America
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DEDICATED TO
The Early Members and Founders of
Cocaine Anonymous
and
Narcotics Anonymous
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Introduction
When we speak of the miracle of 12 Step recovery, we are talking
about people stopping their active addiction and living a better life
free of addictive substances. The miracle happens when we begin our
First Step and realize we are joining a group of people like ourselves,
who have had similar problems but who are making it.
No matter how bad off we are when we begin 12 Step recoveryno job,
no place to live, debt, legal hassles, marital or relationship problems,
the list goes onwe will meet fellow members who have overcome
problems like ours and are willing to help us. The miracle takes place
when someone says to a newcomer, "I've been through that. Can I
help you?"
Many of us needed a complete overhaul of many aspects of our lives
besides stopping our cocaine, drug, and/or alcohol addiction. We
found that help in our 12 Step Fellowship. The chapters in this book
outline what addiction is and point the way out.
MARK R. & MARY L.
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
CocaineBasic Facts
What Is It? 1
What It Does 1
How It Is Used 1
Why We Used It 2
Addiction 2
Am I An Addict? 3
Chapter 2
Tools of Recovery
Abstinence 13
The 12 Steps 13
The 12 Traditions 14
Meetings 14
Reading 15
Sponsorship 16
One Day At A Time 16
Service 17
Fellow Members 17
Slogans 17
Spirituality 18
Prayer and Meditation 18
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Chapter 3
Working the Program
Honesty 19
Hope 21
Willingness 22
Courage 23
Truthfulness 23
Character Building 24
Humility 25
Forgiveness 25
Faith 26
Self-Examination 27
Conscious Contact 27
Service 28
Anonymity 29
Principles 29
Chapter 4
12 Step Prayers and Meditations
First Step Prayer 31
Early Recovery 31
Second Step Prayer 32
Not God 32