For professionals
If you're a professional who works with addicts and would like to find out more about Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA), you are welcome.
You might work in:
- healthcare - including mental health
- prisons
- addiction treatment centres
- education
- social work
- employee assistance programmes
- religious organisations
About CMA
CMA is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, so they may solve their common problem and help others recover from crystal meth addiction.
The foundation of CMA is regular meetings, where members discuss how they achieved sobriety and their new way of living.
We recommend a programme of recovery that includes the Twelve Steps.
Working with addicts
We’ve come to realise that addiction is a progressive disease that can be arrested but never cured.
Denial and rationalisation are part of that illness. Most addicts resist the idea that addiction could be the root of their problems. They may also resist any suggestion of a Twelve Step recovery programme as a solution.
Recovery begins with the addict recognising that they’re powerless over their addiction and that their life has become unmanageable. You should expect that until an addict is ready to admit this, they’re likely to reject a healthcare professional’s diagnosis.
How CMA works
The only requirement for membership of CMA is a desire to stop using.
Members attend meetings, work with a sponsor and work the Twelve Step recovery programme. We encourage addicts to attend multiple meetings to find the ones that they’re most comfortable with.
Whenever possible, the newcomer should go to meetings with someone from the CMA fellowship who can answer their questions. This person may be a temporary sponsor who can help guide the newcomer into the recovery programme.
We have no religious affiliations; CMA is based on spiritual principles.
Our goal in CMA is the same as the healthcare professional: to help the addict stop using and lead a healthy lifestyle.
Learn more about CMA
We’ve found that it’s difficult for healthcare professionals to refer someone to an unfamiliar organisation. Our experience has taught us the value of knowledge in encouraging an addict to seek help.
Go to an open meeting
Professionals can learn more about CMA by attending any meetings that are listed as ‘open’ meetings.
If a meeting isn't open, it's called a 'closed' meeting. These are only for addicts or people who think they may have a problem.
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Get CMA literature
Download and order CMA literature, including a booklet for people who are new to CMA.
Contact us
Email piando@crystalmeth.org.uk if you’d like more information about CMA.