T-Shirt – 1996 CAWS
12th Annual World Convention: 12 Years/12 Steps: May 24, 25, 26, 27, 1996, Atlanta, Georgia
Ceramic Mug CAWS 1988
4th Annual World Convention: Under New Management: July 1,2,3,4, 1988, Chicago, IL From the Archives of Southern Ontario C.A.
Glass Mug CAWS 1990
6th Annual World Convention: Admission to Freedom: May 25, 26, 27, 28, 1990, Phoenix, Arizona
Ceramic Mug CAWS 1999
15th Annual World Convention: Greater Than Ourselves: May, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 1999, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Shirt 2006 CAWS Convention
22nd Annual World Convention: Global Awakening: May 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 2006, Houston, TX
Stuffed Animal CAWS 2003
19th Annual World Convention: Miracle Mile: May 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2003, Chicago, IL
Shirt – 2007 CAWS
23rd: Recovery in the Heartland: May 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 2007, Kansas City, Missouri
T-Shirt CAWS 2004
20th Annual World C.A. Convention: Spotlight On Recovery: May 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 2004, Los Angeles, CA
Baseball Cap – TORCA III
Embroidered baseball cap showing the TORCA III 1999 Convention logo. Fonds: SOCA No. 03
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
Metal Tumbler – 2007 CAWS Convention
23rd: Recovery in the Heartland: May 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 2007, Kansas City, Missouri
Toronto Area 10th Anniversary Commemorative Medallion (circa 1997)
The First Toronto Group was established on February 2, 1987. According to early members, the sub-culture of cocaine users was quite different than that of A.A., so it was exciting to have a meeting focused entirely on recovery from cocaine and all mind-altering substances. In 1997, the Toronto Area (now known as Southern Ontario Cocaine … Read more