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    How to Recover in Debtors Anonymous (Whether You're in that Program or Not): A Primer
    How to Recover in Debtors Anonymous (Whether You're in that Program or Not): A Primer
    How to Recover in Debtors Anonymous (Whether You're in that Program or Not): A Primer
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    How to Recover in Debtors Anonymous (Whether You're in that Program or Not): A Primer

    By Jerry M.

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    You don’t have to be in debt any more.

    Really, you don’t.

    If you’re in trouble with debt, feel pressured by it, have seen your relationships become strained because of it, then you probably want this very simple Primer on how to end all that.

    Or maybe you’re tired of always having some amount of debt hanging around your neck, dragging you down, pulling money out of your wallet or bank account every month.

    It doesn’t have to be that way. You can get free of all that for good, the same way people in Debtors Anonymous do. Whether you’re a member of DA or not. 

    This 8000-word Primer—short, simple, direct, easy to read—will show you exactly how. 

    It’s how I got out of debt myself (along with a great many others) and how I (and they) have managed not to rack up any more of it for years, decades even.

    I think you’ll like doing this. I think you’ll enjoy the relief—and the freedom.

    I hope so. Godspeed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJerry M.
    Release dateFeb 20, 2015
    ISBN9781507065525
    How to Recover in Debtors Anonymous (Whether You're in that Program or Not): A Primer

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    How to Recover in Debtors Anonymous (Whether You're in that Program or Not) - Jerry M.

    Cover, How to Recover in DA: A Primer

    How to Recover in

    Debtors Anonymous:

    A PRIMER

    by Jerry M.

    [Copyright 2010 by Jerry M. All rights reserved. Note: Permission is granted for any member of Debtors Anonymous to share this Primer or any part of it with any other member of Debtors Anonymous, with any Debtors Anonymous group, or with any online Debtors Anonymous list provided it is not modified in any way or combined with any other material. —Jerry M.]

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    1. What Is DA?

    2. Recovery: What Does that Mean / What Is Possible in DA?

    3. Singleness of Purpose

    4. Debt Has to Do with Money, Not Anything Else

    5. It’s Pretty Easy to Recognize

    6. Abstinence and Solvency Mean the Same Thing

    7. When Does the Recovery Begin?

    8. The Analog to DA Is AA

    9. The Only Requirement for Membership.

    10. Membership Is Not Recovery. It Is Membership.

    11. The Two DAs

    12. If You Want What We [Solvent Debtors] Have . . .

    13. First Things to Do

    14. What Does Progress, Not Perfection Actually Mean?

    15. Who to Listen to in DA?

    16. The Literature

    17. What a Sponsor Is

    18. What the Steps Are

    19. God / a Higher Power / a Power Greater than Ourselves

    20. Eighteen Ways to Go to Any Length Not to Debt

    21. Go Now and Prosper

    Introduction

    This is a primer, a very simple basic guide on how to recover in DA—whether you’re in that program or not.

    If you follow it, you will indeed recover in the program or in the manner of those who do and go on to live a life that is happy, joyous, and free. You will come to live at peace with money.

    Why should you believe that, why should you listen to me?

    You shouldn’t listen to me any more than you should listen to anyone else in DA who is solvent and has been for some time.

    But you should listen to those people. They know how to do something you don’t at this moment—how to recover in DA. And they would like to help you do that.

    My name is Jerry, and I’m a debtor. I have been solvent in DA for a cumulative 26 years at this writing.

    (Why cumulative? After 17 years of solvency, I became careless with a business account and a couple of bills

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