How Can I Recover from Drug Addiction?
What is DAA?
Founded in Sweden in 1997, the fellowship of Drug Addicts Anonymous is now established in Russia, the United States the UK, Lithuania, Denmark and now it is present in Australia in Melbourne and Brisbane, with face-to-face as well as online meetings.
Drug Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who have recovered from addiction and whose primary purpose is to help those who are still suffering and who want a new way of life, free from addiction.
So, how do I recover? The men and women of DAA have recovered by practising the 12 Steps as set out in the Alcoholics Anonymous basic text. The Steps are its journey. You have to start the process with willingness, openness and complete honesty.
The 12 Step Program
The 12 Step Program is a process where you will explore facts about yourself and then learn to face them.
Through the actions that are required to work the Program, the experience is intensive, enlightening and life saving.
Sponsorship
A Sponsor, an experienced member of DAA who has had a deep and effective spiritual experience, guides the newcomer through the Steps.
The Sponsor will show you how to apply the Twelve Steps in your daily life and to your problems; so that you too can develop a manner of living that enables you to live life on life's terms, without the use of drugs.
Fellowship and connection with recovered addicts is extremely important which is why it is recommended to attend meetings regularly. There is something powerful about one addict helping another. We get you!
A Higher Power
DAA is not in any sense a religious body. It is a fellowship founded upon spiritual principles and it is not allied with any sect, denomination, organization, or institution.
Evidently, the word ‘God’ is mentioned in many of the Steps. However, it is important to stress that Drug Addicts Anonymous is not a religious organization. Moreover, we are never asked to agree with anyone else's concept of a 'Power greater than ourselves'.
In DAA we like results, so we let the results of working the Steps speak for itself.
In the beginning, it isn't even necessary to believe that the program will work for us. We just need to be willing to give it a try.
Other DAA members help us by sharing their experience; it turns out that their stories are remarkably like our own. What has worked for them will therefore work for us.
We begin to see that a new life is within reach. For the first time in a long time, there is hope. We start following the program and begin to grow.
Am I An Addict?
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