For those that did become addicts, there was very little help, let alone understanding. Some users never cross from using to abusing to addiction. As is the case with addiction to many other substances, marijuana addiction can be a slow process.
For many of us the truth lies somewhere in between. Perception of the drug had swung from the hysterical Reefer Madness mentality of the 1930s to the belief that it was totally innocuous. If people got addicted it was either all in their imagination or because there was something really wrong with them. That was no help at all.įor years, marijuana was thought to be non-addicting. And, occasionally, some members of other groups were still using marijuana. In the areas where these meetings started, recovering marijuana addicts either felt unwelcome or disrespected in other programs. But they had all started for one reason: their members did not feel comfortable in any other twelve-step groups or self-help programs. All of a sudden, MA was happening…and it was happening worldwide.Īll of these small groups had started one at a time, almost simultaneously, not even knowing of any other group’s existence. Shortly after the unification of the US programs, MA was contacted by another Marijuana Anonymous organization in New Zealand. Two years later, the New York chapter was finally able to send a delegate. The second Marijuana Anonymous Unity Conference was held that fall with delegates from Seattle joining the others. The stage was set for the next conference, to be held in October. As a result of this hard work, one group - Marijuana Anonymous - was born. The eleven representatives had each arrived with their own fellowship’s particular agenda, yet they somehow managed to come away with satisfactory working compromises. It was a highly emotional, exhausting, and gratifying weekend. Were they all Twelve Step programs? Did they all work the same kind of program? Did they follow the Twelve Traditions? Even the body language of the delegates at that first small conference revealed these conflicts and concerns. Each group was apprehensive, worried that the others would not see things as they did.
They had only recently begun hearing about the existence of each other, although the oldest fellowship was three years old. Until unification at the first conference, Marijuana Anonymous, Marijuana Smokers Anonymous, and Marijuana Addicts Anonymous were three distinct organizations. That first conference was held in a crowded motel room halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, in Morro Bay. A smaller Marijuana Anonymous group in Seattle had been unable to send delegates because of the cost, and another small Marijuana Addicts Anonymous group, in New York, was heard from later. Meets every Monday at 7pm.In June of 1989, delegates from Marijuana Smokers Anonymous (Orange County, California), Marijuana Addicts Anonymous (the San Francisco Bay area), and Marijuana Anonymous (Los Angeles County) met to establish a unified Twelve Step recovery program for marijuana addicts. San Mateo: Transfiguration Episcopal Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. Redwood City: Sequoia Health and Wellness Center, 749 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City. Foster City: Central Peninsula Church, 1005 Shell Blvd., Foster City. Daly City: Kaiser Permanente, Daisy/Daffodil Room, 6th Floor, 395 Hickey Blvd., Daly City. Burlingame: First Presbyterian Church, 1500 Easton Avenue (on El Camino Real, upstairs), Burlingame. Offers support for persons suffering from many forms of food addiction including overeating, bulimia and anorexia.
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