(2/27/11): This message is being sent by the Communications Committee for two purposes: To affirm the concept that "All ages can attend CoDA meetings." All this with an eye to what role is indicated, or not, for the program of Co-Dependents Anonymous in respect to recovery, growth, education, learning, human development, pain, suffering, healing, spirituality, emotions, mental and physical health and support for any or all involved. (3/9/11): We received several responses to our recent mailing regarding ...Continue Reading

The CoDA Board of Trustees would like to introduce you to two of your Fellowship Service Workers, Geff and Joan. Geff takes care of the growing number of email lists that provide CoDA members with information, ranging from the general (CoDA Announcements) to the specific (Co-NNections, Hospitals and Institutions, the new GSR list and so forth) as well as providing experience in the workgroup that prepares the lead up to the annual CoDA Service Conference and International CoDA Convention. Joan has been working dilige ...Continue Reading

We would like to announce a new page added to the CoDA website called Voices in Service, which features interviews and stories from CoDA members who share their experience, strength and hope about doing service work for Co-Dependents Anonymous at the local, regional, national and world levels. The CoDA Board of Trustees encourages more members of the fellowship to consider being of service. Creating podcasts to spread the word about the importance of doing service is one way to do this, and we have just posted our fir ...Continue Reading

The CoDA Board of Trustees would like to introduce you to two of your Fellowship Service Workers, Joan and Geff. Joan has been working diligently behind the scenes to register and update CoDA meetings, thank those who send in Seventh Tradition donations, coordinate volunteers who do phone service and so much more. Geff takes care of the growing number of email lists that provide CoDA members with information, ranging from the general (CoDA Announcements) to the specific (Co-NNections, Hospitals and Institutions, the ...Continue Reading

*Board Minutes for CoDA World Board Conference Call * *April 6, 2019* The Board of Trustees met on Saturday, April 6th by teleconference. Members in attendance included: Jen L, Don B, Salle H, Nancy O; absent: Linda A. Guest: Jim B; Staff: Conni, Anna *Confirm order of round robin* Jen Don Nancy Matt Salle Welcomed visitor. *_Consent Agenda _* Are there any items on the consent agenda to be moved to the regular agenda? March 7-9, 2019 Face to Face Board Minutes approved. March 2019 motions approved Moti ...Continue Reading

Attention CoDA Fellowship: It is time to sign up for* Workshops/Speakers for 2019*! The International CoDA Convention is being held in Atlanta, GA, September 13, 14, and 15th.   If you would like to present a workshop, or be a speaker this is your chance. This is a great way to meet people, share your experience, strength and hope, and reach others still suffering.   Email cec@coda.org for an application. We  look forward to hearing from you!!!! You can review previous emails here: http:// ...Continue Reading

www.corepublications.org New Literature ! *Traditionally Speaking: *Finding solutions *This booklet expands our understanding of CoDA’s Twelve Traditions. Members share their experience in applying the spiritual principles of CoDA meetings and service work to improve all their relationships: in CoDA, at home, at work, and everywhere.* info@corepublications.org +1 805 297 8114 You can review previous emails here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ If you have a friend who would like to subscribe, ...Continue Reading

The Board recently did some research on the origins and meaning of the elements of the CoDA Seal and received the following explanation from our founders, Ken and Mary.  This explanation has been inserted into the Board Policy & Procedures manual as Section 2.1 (b), with the title “*Meaning of Elements of the CoDA Seal/*”. Meaning of Elements of the CoDA Seal _ Alcoholics Anonymous is the original source for Twelve Step programs. AA created the symbol of the circle with the triangle. That worked well as ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDa Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org /CoDA members - Please consider doing service with the CoDA Board of Trustees. The board has so many things they would like to accomplish; however, we are limited with a board of six./ /We are in need of people who have a few hours a week (around 10 hours coming up to CSC)./ /Here are the requirements: / /1. Working knowledge of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Co-Dependents Anonymous./ /2. Willingness and availability to serve t ...Continue Reading

The Board of Trustees of Co-Dependents Anonymous, Inc. is inviting you to our scheduled Zoom meeting.   *Topic: *Co-Dependents Anonymous, Inc.'s Monthly Public CoDA Board Meeting *Date and Time*: Saturday, April 6, 2019 -  8:00 AM  Pacific, 11 AM Eastern, 12 Noon ATL (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/829037166 I Phone 1 Tap:  Jan. 5, 2019 +16465588656,,829037166# US (New York) +17207072699,,829037166# US Dial by your location    &nb ...Continue Reading

The recording of the Forum of Saturday, March 30th 2019, "*Working Steps One, Two and Three*", may be found at this site, http://www.codependents.org/2018/2018_ff.htm You can also access all previous and future CoDA Fellowship Forum recordings at the same link. The preceding message was from The CoDA Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org You can review previous emails here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ If you have a friend who would like to subscribe, please have them go here: http://w ...Continue Reading

*CoDA BOARD F2F MINUTES* *San Jose, CA (March 8-10, 2019)* The Board of Trustees met on Friday, March 8th through Sunday, March 10th in a face to face meeting in San Jose, California. Members in attendance included: Don B, Salle H, Nancy O, Matt T. and Linda A.; absent: Jen L. Staff: Conni *Friday, March 8, 2019 (3:00 – 5:00 pm)_* Round Robin order for the weekend: Matt Linda Nancy Salle Don *_Consent Agenda _* February 2, 2019 Board Minutes approved. February 2019 motions approved Motion 1 – Move that the Admi ...Continue Reading

Onlinecoda.net 3.    How do I join the message boards? a.    Here is how to request a free account to join the message boards and chatroom:  1.  Go to Onlinecoda.net and click the tab for Forums/chat. 2.  Please read through the site guidelines. 3.  Near the top right of the new page is the tab "Register", among other tabs.  Clicking it will prompt you for the registration info. 4.  Submit the registration request. 5.  At this point, you s ...Continue Reading

*Working Steps One, Two and Three* *Speakers: ** Rosa S/Southern California and Linda V/Florida**  * Saturday, March 30, 2019 at noon, Pacific Time *NOTE: *The Forums are recorded. Those recordings will be posted to:  *Fellowship Forum Recordings* WHEN DOES THE FELLOWSHIP FORUM HAPPEN? the last Saturday of the month at _Noon_ Pacific Time, 3pm Eastern Time 4pm Atlantic Time Duration: 1 hour, followed by a Coffee Hour, for questions Join us online at https://zoom.us/j/835627588 Or join via phone (find ...Continue Reading

/CoDA Prayers/ BOOKLET AVAILABLE NOW! Now you can have all the CoDA prayers collected from various CoDA literature in one small, easy-to-carry booklet./ CoDA Prayers /is currently available at www.corepublications.org for $3.50. You can review previous emails here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ If you have a friend who would like to subscribe, please have them go here: http://www.codependents.org If you have a general question about CoDA (as opposed to the specific c ...Continue Reading

STRUCTURE COMMITTEE FORMED The 2018 CoDA Service Conference authorized the Communications Committee to initiate an Ad Hoc (temporary) Committee to investigate whether the current structure of CoDA World Service could better serve the Fellowship and foster the carrying of our message. In particular, for many people doing service, business concerns seemed to predominate at times over Fellowship concerns and Fellowship work has felt hindered by insufficient support. And this has persisted despite many changes of personnel ...Continue Reading

After reviewing the 2018 Motion related to the use of Outside Literature at CoDA Meetings that was presented at the 2018 CSC Conference (Motion Key 4974, Number 18005), and after listening to the recordings of the conference, the Board would like to confirm the results of this Motion as follows:  The original CSC motion had some verbiage changes, that did not include the original 1990 policy. The Board was asked to table the motion until the 1990 policy was distributed. After the 1990 policy was passe ...Continue Reading

You can download the flyer from the CoDA.org website by clicking here. We hope you will share it with both your meetings & your CoDA friends. Thank You,   CoDA CSC Prep Group    cscprep@codependents.org You can review previous emails here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ If you have a friend who would like to subscribe, please have them go here: http://www.codependents.org If you have a general question about CoDA (as opposed to the specific content of this email), please ...Continue Reading

The 7th Tradition - Every CODA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. At almost every meeting, a basket is passed to collect money. Ever wonder what happens to that money and why it is requested? Hopefully, this will answer your questions. [*]What do we do with the collected money? We all depend on our meetings being there when we need a meeting. In order to make that happen, many volunteers have to step up to do service and it needs to be funded. If you've ever wondered why we coll ...Continue Reading

*Board _MINUTES_ for CoDA World Board Conference Call, February 2, 2019* The Board of Trustees met on Saturday, February 2nd by teleconference. Members in attendance included: Jen L, Don B, Salle H, Nancy O, and Linda A.; absent: Matt T. Guests: Kaga, Mehdi; Jeanne, Faith; Staff: Conni Meeting called to order at 8 a.m. Pacific time/11 a.m. Eastern Time Round Robin Order: Linda Don Jen Nancy Salle Conni Nancy welcomed the Fellowship Guests on the call as listening guests only . *_Consent Agenda _* January 5, ...Continue Reading

*NOTE: *The Forums are recorded. Those recordings will be posted to:  *Fellowship Forum Recordings* *WHEN: Last Saturday of the month * *TIME: _Noon_, Pacific Time / _3p.m._, Eastern Time, 4pm Atlantic Time * *Duration: 1 hour, followed by a coffee hour, for questions* February 23         *Blanca F*/SoCal                                              ...Continue Reading

The CoDA Literature Committee is asking for your contributions to a new piece of literature called Growing Up in CoDA: Becoming Emotionally Mature. The focus of this piece is on understanding how we are moving past our childhood problems by using the tools of the CoDA program. Most codependents know the feeling of being surprised by our own feelings and resulting behaviors. Many of us have, at times, felt like a child impersonating an adult, of feeling “little” in a grown up body, of over-reacting to small affronts, o ...Continue Reading

13TH STEPPING A member reported: “I watched a member of the opposite sex repeatedly use recovery to flirt with newcomers. No one felt comfortable speaking up and I thought it was wrong. “ “In recovery, manipulating another into a relationship, be it emotional, financial, or sexual, violates the core values and Twelve Traditions of our program. “Thirteenth Stepping” is a term used to describe this kind of unhealthy relationship. Thirteenth-stepping is harmful to both people involved and to the overall health of a mee ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDa Board Of Trustees, board@coda.org /CoDA members - Please consider doing service with the CoDA Board of Trustees. The board has so many things they would like to accomplish; however, we are limited with a board of five./ /We are in need of people who have a few hours a week (around 10 hours coming up to CSC)./ /Here are the requirements: / /1. Working knowledge of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Co-Dependents Anonymous./ /2. Willingness and availability to serve ...Continue Reading

The Board of Trustees of Co-Dependents Anonymous, Inc. is inviting you to our scheduled Zoom meeting.  *Topic: *Co-Dependents Anonymous, Inc.'s Monthly Public CoDA Board Meeting *Date and Time*: Saturday, February 2, 2019 -  8:00 AM  Pacific, 11 AM Eastern, 12 Noon ATL (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/829037166 I Phone 1 Tap:  Jan. 5, 2019 +16465588656,,829037166# US (New York) +17207072699,,829037166# US Dial by your location      +1 646 558 8656 US ...Continue Reading