Who We Are
Sex:
Male 68%
Female 32%
Age:
under 18 1%
18-24 10%
25-34 38%
35-44 40%
45-65 10%
over 65 <1%
Occupation:
Professional 23%
Labor 18%
Sales/business 12%
Office/Clerical 7%
Student 8%
Technical 9%
Homemaker 5%
Unemployed 13%
Other 5%
Ethnicity:
Caucasian 55%
African-American 27%
Hispanic 4%
Native American 3%
Asian <1%
Other 11%
Primary Language:
English 83%
French 15%
Spanish 1%
Other 1%
What Happened
Drugs We Used:*
Snorted cocaine 61%
Smoked "freebase" 57%
Smoked "crack" 47%
Shot cocaine 25%
Never used cocaine <1%
Used other drugs 96%
How We Found CA:
Recovery Program 30%
On our own 21%
Other CA member 14%
Friend 9%
Other 12-Step Group 7%
Family 7%
Courts 3%
Hotline 3%
Intervention 3%
Doctor 1%
Job/EAP 1%
Jail program 1%
Media 1%
What We Are Like Now
Length of Sobriety:
1-90 days 32%
3 months - 1 year 23%
1 - 5 years 31%
5-10 years 12%
more than 10 years 2%
CA Meetings Attended per Week:**
1-2 12%
3-4 56%
5-6 21%
7 or more 12%