We want nothing from you other than the chance to share with you our experience, strength, and hope. You do not have to lose your house, driver's license, family, or years of your life in jails or institutions, although some or all of these things have happened to many of us. We have found, through our own experiences and those of others, that if we continue to use, these things will happen. It is up to you whether or not you become progressively better or continue the downhill slide. We respect each other's privacy.
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of our program.
The choice of whether or not to use will always be there. Honesty with your physician, and yourself, about your chemical dependency is of the utmost importance. Compulsion is what ruled our lives while we were using, and what proved so overpowering whenever we tried to stop on our own. Willpower alone cannot overcome our compulsions. From our own experiences, we can assure you that the compulsion to use will lessen greatly, within C.D.A., over a period of time.