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
T-Shirt: 1985 World Convention
1st CAWS Convention: Seaside Unity & Acceptance: May 3,4,5, 1985, Santa Barbara, CA
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