Australia: CMA announces crystal support groups

The Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA) group has announced its latest Sydney meeting times and locations. The group is now meeting every Tuesday and Friday evenings, and has put out a call for people experiencing problems with crystal meth use to attend.

“Crystal Meth Anonymous is a fellowship for people for whom crystal use has become a problem,” a CMA spokesperson told SX. “We now have two meetings in Sydney each week, one in Surry Hills, and one in Potts Point. People can come to either or both, depending on how much help they need or which meetings they can get to.”

He said that the meetings, which ran for approximately an hour, were overseen by a convenor, but that the key to the meetings was shared knowledge and support.

“A typical meeting will see people share their experiences, talk about strategies they use to overcome their crystal use, and talk about what works and what doesn’t work ... It’s guided by a 12-step framework, with the ultimate goal of staying off crystal. Unlike some programs which are based around managing drug use, CMA is an abstinence-based program.”

CMA’s ‘A Way Out’ group meets 7pm Tuesdays at the Mission Australia Building, 4-10 Campbell St, Surry Hills. The ‘Thank God it’s Friday’ group meets 8pm Fridays at the Reg Murphy Activist Centre, 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Potts Point. Visit www.crystalmeth.org for further details.

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Pubdate: Thurs, 8 June 2006
Source: SX News - Evolution Publishing (Web Australia)
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