Early CA Objects
These objects are from the very early days of Cocaine Anonymous.
Meeting List – Meeting Directory, March 1, 1985
Los Angeles County Cocaine Anonymous Meeting Directory, March 1, 1985
Flyer & Ticket – 1987
“Love & Acceptance,” Third Annual Great Los Angeles Convention, November 6, 7, 8, 1987. Shows the early CA logo.
Key Tag – CAWS 1985
1st CAWS Convention: Seaside Unity & Acceptance: May 3,4,5, 1985, Santa Barbara, CA
1st CA Annual World Convention Key Tag – 1985
1st: Seaside Unity & Acceptance: May 3,4,5, 1985, Santa Barbara, CA. Miramar Hotel – Resort Located 3 miles south of Santa Barbara on Highway 101 at the San Ysidro turnoff. Image submitted by Frank P.
Flyer – Northern California 1987
February 28, 1987. Flyer shows the Northern California Area Early prototype Logo with the “gothic” font.
First C.A. Meeting List 1982
The original six C.A. Meeting Secretaries met to have an organizational and business meeting. They decided they needed an office of some kind. Ray G. is in charge of the Cocaine Anonymous phone number. It rings on an answering machine in a small Beverly Glen Hospital room and Ray G. returns all calls. The room … Read more
T-Shirt showing an early C.A. logo from Northern California
At 1st C.A. World Service Conference, February 8-9, 1986 at the Holiday Inn Embarcadero, San Diego, CA, Northern California C.A. members attended, sending six representatives all wearing T-shirts with the logo that they had created. The Conference voted between the CALA logo and the logo that Northern California created. The CALA logo won and is the same … Read more
Sobriety Chips – Early Northern California
Since Northern California had the first metal chip, the chip company would not make chips for C.A. World Service. In 1987 Northern California deeded to C.A. World Services the right to make metal chips with the C.A. logo that was voted on in 1986 first World Service Conference.
Key Tag – Uganda – 1994
While attending the C.A. World Convention in Cleveland (1994) I met a man who had travelled from Uganda to Cleveland for business. Our conversation began about what we were doing in Cleveland and during our conversation he told me they had begun a C.A. meeting in Uganda. He said that they had between 3 and … Read more
First Generation – Chicago 1983-1986 Prototype Octagonal Chips
The Octagonal Shape of Chicago’s Sobriety Chip was chosen because it replicates a “traffic stop sign” signifying the amount of time a C.A. Member had “stopped” using cocaine. The early “C.A.” logo (pictured right) was designed by Randy R. of Chicago.
1st Generation Key Tags
Business meetings occurred every Tuesday night at the home of Johnny S. (May/June 1983) to work on public information, phone lines, chips, formats, steps, traditions, chips, and logo. Meetings go on for hours. C.A. Chips were created with the hope that they would be a unifying factor in the young fellowship. Unfortunately, the hard, white … Read more