Tips For Staying Clean & Sober


Here are some tips to help you stay clean and sober...

  • Take the 12 Steps of Cocaine Anonymous.

  • Go to 90 meetings in 90 days.

  • Don't use between meetings.

  • Don't drink or use no matter what.

  • Throw away all your drug paraphernalia.

  • Get a sponsor.

  • Call your sponsor every day.

  • Avoid people, places and things that you associate with drug use.

  • Don't deal drugs.

  • Get phone numbers and use them.

  • If no one is home, and you're in trouble, call the Hotline.

  • Be of service; get a commitment at a meeting.

  • Go to coffee after meetings.

  • Remember that you don't have to stay sober the rest of your life. We only do this one day at a time.

  • Don't get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired (H.A.L.T.).

  • If the connection calls, hang up.

  • Read the books and literature.

  • If you think of using, think it through--all the way through.

  • No matter what happens, keep coming back.

  • Seek a Higher Power.

  • Ask your Higher Power to keep you clean and sober each day.

  • Stick with the winners.

  • Ask questions.

  • Make sobriety your #1 priority.

  • Be Honest, Open-Minded and Willing (H.O.W.).

  • Don't be hard on yourself, recovery takes time. We care.

Approved Literature. Cocaine Anonymous World Services, Inc. Copyright 2003.


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