What is CA ?

Cocaine Anonymous Sweden

What is CA ?

CA is a non-professional, non-profit twelve-step fellowship of addicts that helps each other become and stay sober. CA offers a worldwide supportive fellowship and a lasting program (CA's 12 Steps) for recovery, which includes helping others through sponsorship. There are no membership costs or fees. CA is self-supporting, declining outside contributions. CA is not a drug-specific fellowship — it's open to anyone who has a desire to stop using drugs and alcohol.

CA is short for "Cocaine Anonymous" but despite the name it's not a drug specific fellowship, we focus on the problems related to substance abuse.

CA Fellowship

Preamble:

"Cocaine Anonymous is a Fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others recover from their addiction.

The only requirement of membership is a desire to stop using cocaine and all other mind-altering substances.

There are no dues or fees for membership; we are fully self-supporting through our own contributions. We are not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, or institution.

We do not wish to engage in any controversy and we neither endorse nor oppose any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay free from cocaine and all other mind-altering substances, and to help others achieve the same freedom.

We use the Twelve Steps of recovery because it has already been proven that the Twelve-Step recovery program works.

CA in brief

• CA is short for "Cocaine Anonymous" but despite the name it's not a drug specific fellowship.

• CA's 12 Steps are taken from the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and are based on the solution as described in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

• CA started in 1982 in California and in Sweden in 2003.

• CA is available in approx. 25 countries.

• CA in Sweden has no office and no employees, but consists of recovering addicts in different meeting groups and committees.

• CA is fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.

• CA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.

• CA does not run treatment centers and is not religious.

• CA does not take a stand in social debates on drugs and alcohol (or other issues).

• The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using drugs and alcohol.

• CA's main purpose is to help the addict who is still suffering.