• 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.
  

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