CoDA Hospital & Institution Information Contact List:: H&I Lights Beam 5 Nov 2014

 
From: "CoDA Hospital & Institution Information Contact List:" <hosp@PROTECTED>
Date: November 5th 2014

In an effort to stay connected and support the Fellowship, CoDA's
Hospitals and Institutions Committee is using this periodic newsletter
to communicate what it is working on and to share ways you can help the
codependent who still suffers within institutions.

What H&I has done:
        
Since January 1, 2014, H&I Committee members have handled 487 letters
from individuals in 66 different institutions as well as 25 email
inquiries from individuals and institutions. We have responded to them
all.  Requests for information about codependence have come from
residents at the rate of 5 to 7 new institutions (rehabs, rescue
missions, safe houses, VA and State hospitals as well as prisons and
jails) per month.  

We have sent 272 Co-Dependents Anonymous books, 128 12 Steps and 12
Traditions Workbooks
in English and 70 in Spanish, and filled 60
requests for other CoDA literature (including 4 libraries - a set of 19
books given to an institution for their sharing libraries).  

Did you know . . .
        
       that inmates are appreciative of our Books for Inmates and
Institution Program and responses from the H&I committee?  Here are
excerpts from a couple of letters from one inmate:

… I just had to write and share the praise of God, and to thank you all,
so much, who put out your time, … supportive mail … materials & shipping
costs, … efforts and mindful energies, to share these wonderful tools, …
for real change to happen, in not just my own life … but for others as
well .... This class is helping me to … accept and allow for
constructive changes … to lead me in successful living, crime free,
confident & caring for others with acceptable boundaries, as not to
hinder God's will for me. Amen!  … I've obtained great Life Skills!
This program really WORKS!! Thank you!

A follow-up note:  So with what I've learned & now apply & have used in
real unrehearsed situations, steps #3, 5, 4, & 6, so far have really
helped me to stop … real issues of co-dependency with other inmates, ...
because I let the "or else" happen & it was explosively painful for 32
minutes when I found the courage to say "No ... I'm believing you can
find your help & resource through [established procedures]" ... so I
don't feel obligated anymore, "... you have options ... Please use
them... ."  Well, ... she no longer pursues me for selfish dependency.
... thanking God, I don't dread going to my cell room any more. ...
Thank you God & CoDA class - and we are only half way through! WOW!  A
woman in CA

Opportunities for service:
        
This spring we initiated an Inmate Sponsorship Program that permits
codependents to sponsor inmates through the mail.  Sponsorship is done
using the CoDA P. O. Box in Phoenix, AZ, to protect anonymity. Letters
from the inmates are scanned or forwarded by the Fellowship Service
Worker to the Sponsor.  We ask that sponsors meet several requirements
in order to safely guide their inmate sponsees.  For more information,
please contact the Inmate Sponsorship Coordinator at
InmateSponsorship@PROTECTED.

Questions or inquires to the Hospitals & Institutions Committee of CoDA,
Inc. may be directed to Hosp@PROTECTED

A one page printable PDF of this copy of the H&I Lights is available at
the following link:
http://coda.org/default/assets/File/H%20%26%20I/H%26I%20Lights-beam%205-11%202014.pdf

It is in pdf format & was scanned for viruses before posting, but we
also suggest that you scan it again before opening or viewing the file,
especially if you are still using XP.

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This list is for CoDA members who are H & I (Hospital and Institutions) contacts for their region or group. The purpose to send information regarding H & I service opportunities and resources from the H & I Committee and then for the contacts to share that information with their Intergroup or local meetings. Individual members may also be part of the list in order find out more about H & I service.

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The Hospitals and Institutions Committee, Codependents Anonymous, Inc.

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