Has anyone ever recovered from crack cocaine dependence without a 12 step group?

Question by Tink: Has anyone ever recovered from crack cocaine dependence without a 12 step group?
And achieved long term clean time? And if so, how did you do it?

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Tink

Best answer:

Answer by raysny
I work in mental health, primarily with folks who have coexisting substance abuse.

Several of them have quit without a 12step group, in fact, 12step groups rarely help those with mental disorders. Each and every one of them found something in their own lives that was more important than crack.

I often recommend (or loan) the book, “Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street” by Lee Stringer, one man’s story of his decent to homelessness and addiction and his rehabilitation.

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