Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA)

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Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Overview

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) has three main parts which make up the foundation of the Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) program. They are Recovery, Unity, and Service.

Recovery is taking the 12 Steps of Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) with a step guide or “sponsor”, in order to heal our damaged spirits, rebuild our lives, and recover from chemical dependency and emotional or psychiatric illness. Taking the 12 Steps involves reading Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) literature, writing, praying, meditating, making restitution to people we have harmed in our past, doing service work, and attending Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) meetings, among others.

Unity is getting involved with the people, the group, and the fellowship of Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA). It means arriving at Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) meetings early and talking to people. Attending the meetings and going out with people from the meetings after the meetings. Attending DRA activities like DRA retreats, DRA conferences, DRA roundups, DRA speaker meetings, DRA parties, DRA athletic, music events and more. Unity is also participating with other DRA members in activities outside of Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA), talking to other members in-between meetings, providing support to other members, and more.

Service in Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) begins early in recovery, with new members helping set-up chairs, make coffee, greet other members, and clean up after meetings. As new members get more recovery time, they begin taking on service positions with more responsibility. This may include being meeting treasurer, meeting secretary, other meeting level service positions, “sponsoring” or mentoring other new members, and bringing meetings and literature into Hospitals & Institutions where people with chemical dependency and an emotional or psychiatric illness can’t get to outside meetings. This type of General Service begins at the meeting level, carries into the local areas, through the “district” level, all the way to national level.

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Tools

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) uses a variety of tools to help members recover including DRA Meetings, DRA Literature, DRA Sponsor, DRA Steps, DRA Fellowship, DRA Events, and DRA Service among others.

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Meetings: Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) members attend Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Meetings to learn how the DRA program works, to gain strength by hearing other DRA members experience, strength and hope, to find support through the DRA Fellowship, to obtain DRA Literature, to get introduced to the DRA Steps, to find a suitable DRA Sponsor, to find out about DRA Events and to get involved in DRA Service.

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Literature: Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Literature includes Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Preamble, Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Meeting Formats; Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Steps and Traditions Recordings, DRA Getting Started and more.

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Sponsor: A Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Sponsor is a member of Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) who has made some progress in the Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) recovery program, has taken or is taking the steps of Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA), and would like to help other members navigate the Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) steps, learn more about the Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) fellowship and the Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) program.

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Fellowship – The Fellowship of Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) is just as important as recovery or service. The DRA fellowship is about being part of the community, which is vital for many of us after being isolated and alone for so long. Fellowship is about connecting with each other, holding each other up, and holding each other accountable.

The DRA fellowship benefits our psychological, spiritual, and bodily health. It brings us a reason for living once again, oftentimes after years of being purposeless. DRA Fellowship helps to boost our self-respect, self-esteem, and confidence, while reducing our anxiety and increasing our level of contentment.

Fellowship includes attending DRA meetings, going out with people after the meetings, attending DRA retreats, DRA conferences, DRA roundups, DRA speaker meetings, DRA parties, and a variety of other DRA activities including athletics, music, art and other DRA events.

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Events: Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Events include DRA speaker meetings, DRA workshops, DRA retreats, DRA conferences, DRA roundups, DRA cruises, DRA vacations and other DRA events.

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA) Service: As mentioned above, Dual Recovery Anonymous Service begins early in recovery and includes DRA General Service, Meeting Level Service, District and Region Level Service. Members follow the guidelines outlined by both the Regional Service Offices and Intergroups. There are also local Dual Recovery Anonymous service meetings that members attend to get information on DRA Service.