Getting Started

Here you can find a new way of living that offers recovery from compulsive debting and hope for a healthier, happier, more prosperous life. We suggest that you keep an open mind and attend at least six meetings as soon as possible. If you do not like one meeting, attend another. The important thing is to keep coming back.

Here are some suggestions to help you get started:

Unsecured Debt
  • First and foremost, we suggest that you stop incurring any new unsecured debt, one day at a time. Unsecured debt is any debt not backed up by some form of collateral. Although refraining from compulsive debting may be difficult and painful, it establishes a solid foundation for our recovery.
Record Keeping
Literature
The Twelve Steps
Step One
Sponsorship
Pressure Relief Groups
Anonymity

Reprinted with permission from the General Service Board of Debtors Anonymous; Copyright DA Intergroup UK 2008