Using the phone, we can practice having conscious contact with others. When we let others offer this service, we help them enhance their recovery. This program isn't about instant gratification. Recovery is a process we practice and requires some letting go and some learning. Over time we practice new behaviors in order to get new, lasting results.
Recovery improves our ability to respond, to become response-able.
As we accept this process rather than a quick fix, we see that with practice we make progress. Even a puff can get the body caught up in craving cycles. We may have imagined the drag as just a pleasure we chose to enjoy. However, once we started a day with that first puff, we couldn't stop. This has been our real experience.