About Community Stimulant Recovery
CSR is a free, solution-focused, peer-based recovery group for anyone who wants to stop using stimulant drugs — any stimulant drug, whether a drug of abuse or a medication, for any reason.
We hold meetings where we share our recovery with others, exchange best practices, learn new ideas, and enact positive change in our lives together. CSR is a safe place. All people are welcome. Discrimination, hate, and exclusion are not tolerated under any circumstances.
Community Stimulant Recovery observes no single recovery ideology and is without outside affiliation. We are here to help you find out what works for you and share what has worked for us. Our meeting topics, shared practices, and discussions borrow from psychology, therapies, professional addiction treatment, and recovery programs. This is not an endorsement of any one resource, nor is CSR itself meant to be a standalone recovery solution or source of medical advice. We encourage members to use as many forms of recovery support as they need, including professional help and other dedicated recovery programs.
Our core beliefs
Recovery from stimulant drugs is aided by approaching three primary areas of our lives in equal measure: our mental health, our physical health, and our emotional health. By becoming responsible for positive change in these three areas, we improve our thinking, our bodies, and our feelings — the parts of our lives that problematic stimulant use most negatively impacts. Growing in these areas helps us maintain abstinence and find happiness in recovery.
Our Focus
Community Stimulant Recovery maintains a singular focus on abstinence and recovery from stimulant drugs. We refrain from the supportive discussion of any and all use of drugs with recreational applications or addiction potential. This includes marijuana, kratom, research chemicals, gray-market substances, psychedelics, and all stimulant drugs. Managing or successfully using stimulant medication is not discussed here, and we are not a harm reduction resource.
Meeting Format
- Opening Statement (5 min)
- Attendee introductions — identify as “Name, in recovery” (5 min)
- Meeting Topic or Reading (10 min)
- Open Discussion (35 min)
- Closing Statement (3–5 min)
- Optional contact exchange in Zoom chat (5 min)
Meetings are similar to those you may have attended elsewhere. Speaking is optional. We speak from the “I” and do not offer unsolicited advice or commentary on the shares of others. Continuance and response from our own experience is permitted. Solution-oriented discussion is strongly encouraged. Cameras are encouraged but not required.
Meeting Practices
- One meeting weekly — Wednesdays at 7:30 PM Eastern via Zoom
- Chair rotation every two weeks
- Monthly group discussion on meeting format and suggestions
- No professional services provided, solicited, or endorsed
- No politics, medical advice, legal advice, or discussion of specific people or places
Facilitation, organization, and contribution in CSR is done as voluntary service by members. We only have members — no tiers, no managers, no owners, no experts, no authorities.
Contact
If you are interested in becoming involved with CSR, please reach out: