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HAMILTON CO***NE ANONYMOUS IS A FELLOWSHIP OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE AND DEMONSTRATE THE CLEAR CUT DIRECTIONS HOW TO RECOVER FROM ADDICTION OF ALL MIND ALTERING SUBSTANCES. Therefore, in observance of the Eleventh Tradition of Co***ne Anonymous: "Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion: we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, television a

nd films." We earnestly request that those gathered here honor this condition of anonymity. We request that no record be made of this page or the workshop either by photography, moving or still, or by videotape. If you should happen to recognize someone here who identifies himself or herself as an addict, please keep that knowledge strictly to yourself. This page copyright © "Co***ne Anonymous" "C.A.", "We're here and we're free" and the C.A. All rights reserved. Disclaimer: Some of the items contained in these pages are published with permission of CA World Services, Inc., this does not imply endorsement of the web site by the CA World Service Conference or the CA World Service Office. The information provided within this site is intended to be a convenience for those who visit our site. Such inclusion does not constitute or imply any endorsement, by or affiliation with, Co***ne Anonymous World Services Inc. or Southern Ontario Co***ne Anonymous Inc. In the spirit of Tradition Six, C.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.

SPONSORSHIP IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE CO***NE ANONYMOUS PROGRAM, AND HAMILTON CO***NE ANONYMOUS IS HAPPY TO PRESENT A FR...
06/26/2023

SPONSORSHIP IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE CO***NE ANONYMOUS PROGRAM, AND HAMILTON CO***NE ANONYMOUS IS HAPPY TO PRESENT A FREE SPONSORSHIP WORKSHOP AND BARBEQUE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND AND CLARIFY WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT!!!

“FREEDOM IS POSSIBLE!”A little about my story. I struggled for years with mental health and addiction issues. My addicti...
05/26/2021

“FREEDOM IS POSSIBLE!”

A little about my story. I struggled for years with mental health and addiction issues. My addiction brought me to my knees. I had lost my job in a field I loved. I lost custody of my daughter, almost lost my home. I was emaciated and having major health issues all due to my addiction. I came to CA in a last stitch effort to live, as I knew I was going to die without help. I walked into CA to see smiling faces and laughter, both of which I hadn’t seen in so long. I took the suggestions. I got a home group, a sponsor and got active. I took the steps, and continue to practice the principles behind them. Today, thanks to CA, I have been given a life that I never could have imagined for myself. I'm back to the career I love, my daughter's home again and my family can finally sleep at night knowing that I am safe. I lead a productive life today, and I am finally happy. I no longer need drugs and alcohol to live or to do basic things. I am forever indebted to CA, and I owe my life the program and the fellowship.

-Recovered Member of Co***ne Anonymous

FOR A FREE HAMILTON CO***NE ANONYMOUS MEETING LIST, CLICK HERE
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“THE KEY TO BEING FREE” I used heavily on and off for years. I could stop for brief periods of time (after ruining relat...
04/22/2021

“THE KEY TO BEING FREE”

I used heavily on and off for years. I could stop for brief periods of time (after ruining relationships and being given a “final chance”), but I couldn’t stay stopped for good. I didn’t know what was wrong with me. My obsession to use consumed me, and near the end I thought the only way out from the grips of my addiction was to kill myself.

I went to my first CA meeting (I was an absolute wreck lol), and saw the room full of people who had seemingly recovered from the hopeless state I was currently in. I needed what these people had. I was finally willing to fully concede to myself that I had a problem I couldn’t solve on my own (because trust me, I tried for years before CA). I got a sponsor within my first week and started going through the steps. With time and WORK my obsession to use faded and was replaced with a joy and appreciation for life.

I am now able to be helpful to others, and have been shown that life doesn’t revolve around me. I am finally happy with just being myself, and I’m figuring out who I really am (at 31 years old). I can now deal with and work through all the things that used to make me want to go out and use. I experience such peace and ease that I have never known before.

This is all a result of fully giving myself to this simple program. If it works for so many of us, it can work for you too.

-Recovered Member of Co***ne Anonymous

FOR A FREE HAMILTON CO***NE ANONYMOUS MEETING LIST, CLICK HERE
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“RECOVERY- WHAT A GIFT!”My addiction left me completely bankrupt, physically, mentally and spiritually. I was a thief, a...
04/22/2021

“RECOVERY- WHAT A GIFT!”

My addiction left me completely bankrupt, physically, mentally and spiritually. I was a thief, a liar, and a manipulator, I used and abused everyone around me. I was violent and destructive. I was thinking about su***de every day and was hospitalized weekly for overdosing. Depression and isolation were normal on the daily.

I was very doubtful that a 12 step program could help me. I was broken and damaged and accepted my hopelessness as did others. I stepped into a CA meeting to see what the hype was all about, I also walked into those rooms for others, not for me, causing multiple relapses to follow. I had to change my thinking, my perspective on my life. I had to turn doubt to faith, my fear to courage, my hopelessness to patience and compassion. Others had the hope, courage, strength and faith, why not me? One day at a time I became willing to do whatever it took to heal; mentally, physically and spiritually. I came to realize, the drugs and alcohol were my solution to a “me” problem. I did not accept life the way It was. I got a sponsor who had what I wanted, I had guidance to relate to and work through the big book, I showed up to meetings and shared, I had to become honest with myself. I listened to what was suggested to me, followed by action. I am powerless and I began letting a power greater than myself take over what I couldn’t do.

Today I live one day at a time, asking for strength and guidance each morning, giving thanks in the evening, and being of service to others in between. I have my own nice apartment, my family’s support and love, connection to people inside and outside of the rooms, a higher power and a sponsor who guide me. Most of all today I have hope. I have peace. I am friendly, and others enjoy my company. My mental illness symptoms have reduced significantly. I smile often, I say yes to helping others, I am active in my community. I am able to go back to school, continue to learn and enjoy this life I have today that was so freely given to me. Recovery - What a Gift!

-Recovered Member of Co***ne Anonymous

FOR A FREE HAMILTON CO***NE ANONYMOUS MEETING LIST, CLICK HERE
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“PEACE AND CONTENTMENT”The Big Book says that “Men and Women drink (in my case, smoke crack) essentially because they li...
04/22/2021

“PEACE AND CONTENTMENT”

The Big Book says that “Men and Women drink (in my case, smoke crack) essentially because they like the effects produced by it”. That statement couldn’t be any more true. After years of experimenting with an array of recreational and pharmaceutical drugs, I found myself in a stranger’s basement, at the age of 19, smoking my first hit of crack/cocaine. The feeling was like nothing I had felt before. The anxiety I had always felt, the discomfort in being myself, the voices in my head that plagued me for years telling me I would never make it in this world; they all went away as I exhaled. For the first time in my life, I had utter peace and contentment. Unfortunately, this effect didn’t last as long as I had hoped and so I set out on a mission to maintain that same feeling, no matter the cost to myself or others.

By the age of 36, I found myself living in a park, scheming anyone I came into contact with, in order to recapture that moment of bliss I could only find in a crack pipe. The consequences of my using and of my outrageous and absurd behavior could easily be forgotten, as long as I was able to get another piece of dope. I had been to treatment several times, had tried getting new jobs and into numerus relationships, I had really wanted to be a better person but I had somehow placed myself beyond human aid, unable to stop, no matter how hard I tried.
I was hopeless.

During one of my many stays in detox, I was forced into the rooms of Co***ne Anonymous. The members who ran the meeting told their stories and when I was broken enough and sick enough of living the way I was, I was able to hear them. I was able to identify with them. I was able to give up the delusion that I could safely use any mind-altering substances and I finally learned what it really meant to be an addict of the hopeless variety. I accepted that without divine intervention, I would be doomed to this life of addiction forever.

I had no other option than to follow their suggestions. I got a sponsor, she took me through the 12 steps, I got a home group, I got a service commitment and I got my first year of sobriety since the age of 14. Not only was I sober, I was simultaneously happy, which was nothing short of a miracle to me.

Today, I am a grateful member of this fellowship and the effect that I get from working this program every day is better than any drug I have ever done. It has radically changed my outlook on life and the obsession to use drugs and alcohol has been removed. Furthermore, I am able to handle life’s circumstances without leaning on substances as a crutch and I am able to show other’s precisely how this type of recovery is possible.

-Recovered Member of Co***ne Anonymous

FOR A FREE HAMILTON CO***NE ANONYMOUS MEETING LIST, CLICK HERE
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"WANTING IT WAS NOT ENOUGH"When the negative consequences to my habitual drug and alcohol use started to outweigh the ef...
03/11/2021

"WANTING IT WAS NOT ENOUGH"

When the negative consequences to my habitual drug and alcohol use started to outweigh the effect that the drugs and alcohol produced, I decided to stop. It never occurred to me that I could not stop. I would spend the next 15 years trying to stop. I wanted to stop more than I have wanted anything in life.

I TRIED EVERYTHING:
Moving far away,
Hanging out with different people
Going to jail
Starting a family
Getting a career
Growing up,
Being a good person
Drug and alcohol counselling
Many drug treatment facilities
Detoxes
And much more

What I realized is that I was trying to resolve the symptom and not the cause. I have been blessed with over six years of sobriety now. I finally got the freedom, NOT FROM DOING THINGS RIGHT, BUT RATHER DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. I failed for 15 years with all the wanting and desire for sobriety. I failed for 15 years with tons and tons of affirmative action towards my addiction and alcoholism. It wasn’t until I learned about my illness, and really learned who I am…I mean really, that I learned I was totally designing life in a way that I can never win. Knowing the truth, and applying the RIGHT action, then it was easy to shift in an amazing way. I truly wish I did this in the beginning.

THIS IS WHAT THE GAME CHANGER WAS FOR ME.

LEARN MORE ABOUT HAMILTON CO***NE ANONYMOUS AND OUR ANNUAL 12 STEP WORKSHOP, CLICK HERE
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WHY DO I RELAPSE?This is a question that I have asked myself so many times. I now know that the reason I always relapse...
03/10/2021

WHY DO I RELAPSE?

This is a question that I have asked myself so many times. I now know that the reason I always relapsed is because I was fighting the symptoms of drug addiction, rather than the cause. When I fight the symptoms and push myself against my habitual drug using tendency, I am playing a game I will always loose. The cause of my addiction is my reaction to life. I am full of fear and selfishness. I am blocked from who I really am, and this power within myself. When I can overcome my fear and selfishness, I connect to the power within myself, and my symptoms leave me. It’s really that simple. I just have to become convinced this is my issue, and take certain clear cut steps towards change and inner connection. Then my symptoms of drug addiction leave me, but so do all my other symptoms of this root cause!

YOU CAN ACHIEVE THIS TOO!

LEARN MORE ABOUT HAMILTON CO***NE ANONYMOUS AND OUR ANNUAL 12 STEP WORKSHOP, CLICK HERE
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