Manufacturers Anonymous

We of Manufacturers Anonymous are a group of men and women who are addicted to methamphetamine and the manufacturing of it. We have lost control of our lives to the creation of an extremely addictive drug. We have become consumed with the gathering of materials, ingredients, places and people in order to create our product. We have lost the power of choice in whether or not we would manufacture meth. All human power was useless when pitted against the power of our addiction. We soon found out by ourselves we could not break free of the cycle of the merciless obsession we were immersed in. Then we discovered there was strength in numbers. Together we had the ability to combat our affliction.

We now share our experience, strength and hope with each other in order to overcome our addiction. We want to become productive rather than destructive members of society. We gather anonymously under no surveillance from law enforcement or otherwise. We do not wish to learn about your connections or history. We are concerned only with being relieved of our malady, the overwhelming obsession we have of trying to create the perfect dope.

We don’t care if you shake a bottle, make old school fluff, crush n run or red phosphorous. No matter what your preferred method for making meth, we believe you too can recover. All that is required is to put down your “work kit” and pick up the “spiritual kit” we are providing. If you can adopt these simple but substantial principles in your life we feel that you too can be relieved of this deadly and merciless obsession.

We ask only that you be honest and open minded with yourselves and the ideas presented here. Borrowing ideas and concepts from previously successful 12 step programs, we have set down a course of actions, decisions and prayers. We believe this course can and will relieve you of your dilemma.

Here are the steps we took;

1. We admitted we were powerless over meth and the creation of it and that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for the knowledge of His will and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to fellow manufacturers and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

You may have difficulty with the term God in some of these steps. Do not be afraid. We are not religious by any means, we are spiritual.

When we were active in our addiction, we in effect played god. We created a product out of everyday household goods that was never intended to come into being. We became gods. Our concern here is that we are not gods. The only way to recover is to believe that there is a God and that we are not Him. We do not care who your Power greater than yourselves is, as long as you have one.

How to start a ManA meeting

If you have found some like minded people in your area that want to recover, you may want to start a meeting of ManA. Following are some suggestions that may help you to do so. You can also fill out the form on the Contact Me page and I will help you get started. Remember there are no set rules but I would suggest keeping with the traditions listed here. Also click on the link below to download a suggested format for an open meeting. Good luck and keep me posted.
1. Locate an appropriate meeting facility. Find other 12 step meetings and speak with the person in charge of facility scheduling where they meet. Try area counseling centers, hospitals, churches, city hall, treatment centers, community centers, universities, colleges and public libraries as well. Most 12 step programs stipulate that rent be paid for the meeting facility to reinforce the tenet that each group be fully self-supporting and not dependent on outside contributions.
2. Decide on a day and time that the meeting will take place. When selecting a time, consider your target group. Early evening usually works best. Look at the local community calendar to try to avoid competing with popular community events. If you need an approximate idea of the number of attendees, establish a way for prospective attendees to RSVP.
3. Ask for guidance from another local group organizer to help establish the new meeting and finalize the small details. Their experience will ensure you are off to as smooth a start as possible. A mentor will also be able to provide unbiased advice about starting a meeting for your demographic within your community's unique issues, challenges and opportunities.
4. Announce your meeting to the community. Visit other meetings with the pertinent information, e.g., location, date and time. Place announcements in counseling centers and churches. Call your local newspaper to list a meeting notice. Most 12 step meetings do not encourage a great deal of public relations, and prefer that word of mouth attraction is the primary means of meeting promotion. As potential attendees see the announcements and hear about meetings, they will attend.

12 Traditions of ManA

1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on ManA unity.
2. For our Group purpose there is but one ultimate authority - a loving God as He may express Himself in our Group conscience, our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern.
3. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using and cooking.
4. Each Group should be autonomous, except in matters affecting other Groups, or ManA, as a whole.
5. Each Group has but one primary purpose--to carry the message to the addict who still suffers.
6. A ManA Group ought never endorse, finance or lend the ManA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property or prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
7. Every ManA Group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
8. Manufacturers Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our Service Centers may employ special workers.
9. ManA, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve.
10. ManA has no opinion on outside issues; hence, the ManA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.
12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.

Suggested format for open meeting