They clung to the program like epoxy. Their fellow members showed them love and support throughout the duration. They returned, afterwards, clean and free as if they had never broken the pattern of abstinence. Their desire to live the program was stronger than the chemicals that had formerly enslaved them. They represent one more example of the understanding of addiction to any one substance.
Addiction is addiction is addiction.
Obvious social and, sometimes, moral issues arise when such a diverse group of addicted people as we are gathers in the C.D.A. setting. And if we were to emphasize these differences in this setting, endless possibilities for confusion and dissension might arise. But even as our diversity makes us unique, our addiction makes us all one and the same. The emphasis, in C.D.A., is placed on this common ground. We each had different types and degrees of addiction, but we all want help in recovery.