Published in the 2nd Quarter 2020 Newsgram For the Record To ALL previous and present C.A. Group, District, Area, WSOB, WSBT, and Conference Secretaries: A BIG THANK YOU of appreciation to all of our C.A. secretaries, who are the guardians of our history, our legacy, and our future. Without your tireless working efforts, C.A. would…
Author: SOCA Archivist
Archiving a C.A. Digital World
What are digital archives? In the simplest form, a digital archive is the collection of photos, documents, and audio recordings that the archivist wishes to keep for long-term storage. This is beneficial for our fellowship as there are many documents, photos of objects and audio recordings that we have created, and it would be of…
1997 CAWS Convention key chain phone book
By Ruby C., Roy, UT Before there were cell phones or electronic personal digital assistants (PDAs), how did we keep track of everybody’s phone number? Pen and paper. We kept lists of names and phone numbers in elaborate address books, small pocket-sized notepads, papers taped to the wall by the phone, small papers tucked into…
Dutch Wooden Shoes
At the 2018 World Conference, the delegates from Holland used these wooden shoes as a promotional-fundraising item for their bid to host the 2022 World Convention in Holland which they lost to Georgia Area. The wooden shoe is significant because in Holland C.A. meetings, many groups use a Dutch wooden shoe to collect the 7th…
Uganda Sobriety Pin
… from the Archives of C.A. “While attending the C.A. World Convention in Cleveland (1994) I (Steve A.) 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….
History of Canada’s Southern Ontario Cocaine Anonymous Area
Southern Ontario Cocaine Anonymous is a registered, charitable non-profit corporation and belongs to the North Atlantic Region of C.A. Our boundaries a delineated by the map pictured above which was ratified by SOCA Area Service Committee in July of 2017. Initially, our Area was a Toronto District and part of the Quebec Area. Our first…
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…