DRA is a Twelve Step fellowship for people who experience dual disorders of two “No-Fault” illnesses: substance addiction and emotional or psychiatric illness. The DRA Twelve Steps offer a plan for personal recovery from dual recovery. Dual recovery is a process of integrating personal recovery, symptom management, and relapse prevention. In dual recovery, each person is developing skills for personal recovery: to hope, cope, heal, and improve their inner quality of life. Equally important, each person is developing skills to manage the symptoms of two “No-Fault” illnesses together. DRA meetings provide a setting of emotional acceptance, support, and empowerment. In DRA meetings, DRA members and newcomers can focus on recovery issues related to substance addiction and emotional or psychiatric illness. Today, DRA meetings are held in the United States and many countries throughout the world.

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Tim Hamilton: Founder of Dual Recovery Anonymous and Director of Dual Recovery Anonymous World Network. Tim has over 30 years experience providing chemical dependency services and dual recovery advocacy services. He is a published author with works that include The Twelve Steps and Dual Disorders (Book and Workbook). Tim is the content author of “Dual Recovery Mutual Self-Help Groups” in the SAMHSA publication, Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons with Co-Occurring Disorders, TIP 42.

Betty Hamilton: Associate Director of the Dual Recovery Anonymous World Network. Betty is the Founder and Director of Dual Anon Family Groups, a Twelve Step fellowship for family and friends of a loved one who experiences a dual disorder of chemical dependency and emotional or psychiatric illness.