CoDA Arizona Internet Speakers Series Saturdays 1PM Mountain TimeArizona CoDA is sponsoring a weekly Internet recovery speaker's series at no charge! Please click here for a version of the announcement below with clickable links 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 e ...Continue Reading

      *Monthly Public CoDA Board Meeting*  Dear CoDA Trusted Servants,  You are invited to attend the upcoming public, online meeting of the Board, but please do let us know of your plan, as explained below. In service,Secretary.   CoDA Board of Trustees Saturday, November 7th, 2020 online, 8AM Pacific TimeThe Board’s public meetings take place online on the first Saturday each month at 8AM Pacific Time (California time), 10AM Central Time, Noon Atlantic T ...Continue Reading

VIRTUAL ICC 2020! CoDA will be hosting a one day Virtual International CoDA Convention (ICC) on November 21, 2020 11:00 AM EST – 5:00 PM EST.Please visit https://2020-icc.eventbrite.com for more information and to register for the event. There is a suggested donation of $10. Schedule to be announced.We also looking for CoDA members interested in leading a workshop or being a speaker. If you are interested, email events@coda.org to obtain a Workshop/Speaker Application. Yours in ServiceThe CoDA Events Committee ...Continue Reading

*MAKING IT A CODA MEETING* This Announcement is offered because there has been some discussion within the CoDA Fellowship about the use of the shorter version of the Welcome at CoDA meetings.Since before our electronic records begin, CoDA has required the four foundation documents to be read at every meeting, the Steps, the Traditions, the Preamble and the Welcome. The CoDA Service Conference in 2009, approved a shorter version of the Welcome as fulfilling that part of the requirement.We hope this Announcement assures m ...Continue Reading

The Coda World Connections Committee (WCC) needs volunteers to:              1. Attend monthly Fellowship Development Activities (FDA) meetings;  and                   2. Help with international correspondence to foreign countries’ interactions involving FDA. Coda members with six months in the fellowship, and an appreciation for cultural awareness might be a good fit for this type of service work. Meetings ...Continue Reading

Interested In Stepping Up Your Recovery?CoDA’s Hospitals and Institutions committee has a sponsorship program for inmates. The aim of sponsoring is to guide the sponsee confined to a prison or institution through CoDA’s steps and traditions. We are desperate to have CoDA members who are willing to sponsor including Spanish speakers. All correspondence is done by US Mail. Anonymity is maintained.For more information and application, please view & download the document at: https://coda.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/S ...Continue Reading

    Motions Database for prior CSC's:To view the CSC Motions database, Please click on the link below. The login email and password are visible on the page.https://coda.org/service-info/csc-motions-and-reports/ Thank you,In service,Gail SCoDA Board Vice Chairboard@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://www.codependents.org If you have a gene ...Continue Reading

    *CoDA Board of Trustees Public Meeting**Minutes* *October 3, 2020* The Board of Trustees held a public meeting on Saturday, October 3rd by teleconference.  Members in attendance included: Nancy O./Canada, Gail S./Nevada, Yaniv S./Israel, Barbara D/NorCal, Faith J./Canada, Joe/Guatemala, Matt T./Texas, Don B./SoCal Guests: Marily B/NorCal, Pilar G – SPO, Hamid M; Staff: Anna*_CONSENT AGENDA _**/Motion 1 /*- Move to accept the attached 2020 CSC Motion Summary.*/Motion 2/** *- Move that th ...Continue Reading

*The CoDA Communications Committee** **Needs your HELP!* Please consider 12th Step service opportunities available through the CoDA Communications Committee.  Join one or all of our sub-committees!  Answer incoming emails, with the *CoDA email team* (CET). /Our plan is to have each person only have to answer emails one day a week, if we have enough volunteers./  The *CoDA phone group* that returns incoming voice messages (Cphone).   /Our objective is to have you return calls only one d ...Continue Reading

                  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 eight.  We are in need of people who have a few hours a week (around 10 hours coming up to CSC).  We are in need of people who have a few hours a week (around 10 hours coming up to CSC).  The Board is looking for CoDA member ...Continue Reading

13TH STEPPINGA 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 meeting. N ...Continue Reading

 *Monthly Public CoDA Board Meeting*Dear CoDA Member,You are invited to attend the October Public CoDA Board Meeting on Saturday October 3rd 2020 (online) 8am Pacific Time, 11 AM Eastern Time, Noon Atlantic.  The Board’s public meetings take place online on the first Saturday each month at 8AM Pacific Time (California time).Next upcoming meeting:  November 7th, 2020 Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96821037645  Meeting ID: 968 2103 7645  One tap mobile  +13462487799,,96821037645# US ...Continue Reading

To the Fellowship: Our first internet only service conference was a great experience, & allowed members from the entire world to be involved! We plan to continue the internet access in the future, including when we are able to meet in person again. Here is a full summary of the conference: https://www.codependents.org/CSC/2020/2020.htm To see the complete text of any given motion, visit the *Conference Motions** *page and click on *Online Motions Database.* And here is a summary of the motions presented and t ...Continue Reading

To the Fellowship: The Co-Dependents Anonymous Board of Trustees has unanimously decided to not implement CSC 2020 Motion Numbers 20030 and 20031 (Ad Hoc Committee Motions 4 and 5).   Motion Number 20030*: Replace existing chart of Co-Dependents Anonymous in FSM Part 1. Motion Number 20031*: Chart of current legal and organizational structure to be added to the FSM Part 5. The Board’s decision is based upon legal advice regarding these two motions which is within the authority granted to the Board under ...Continue Reading

Announcing CoRe Board for New Term 2021 Yvonne K. (NorCal) - Chair Addie M. (OH) - Vice Chair Chris H. (AZ) - Treasurer Madeline R. (FL) - Secretary Gerry B. (Canada) - Trustee Ritchard I. (Canada) - Trustee Kathy H. (PA) - */Trustee/* www.corepublications.org info@corepublications.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 ...Continue Reading

Dear CoDA Fellowship: CoDependent’s Anonymous (CoDA) held its first ever Virtual CoDA Service Conference the week of August 23-26, 2020.  It was a wonderful experience for all who attended - delegates, trusted servants and observers - and it was a resounding success.   The CoDA Board owes a debt of gratitude to all who contributed to the success of the Conference, without whom it would not have been possible - the CoDA Events Committee, the Email List Coordinator, the Webmaster, the delegates, the observers, ...Continue Reading

New Spanish CoDA Literature Available in 2020! CoRe Publications is pleased to announce some major additions to CoDA literature available in Spanish: En Este Momento, Libro de Meditaciones Diarias https://tinyurl.com/Spanish-ITM 1. Pelando la Cebolla 2. Llevar el Mensaje: Vivir el Duodécimo Paso 3. Padrinazgo: ¿Qué Hay en Ello para Mí? 4. Tomando Decisiones 5. Manual de Experiencias con la No Interferencia 6. Herramientas Para La Recuperacion https://tinyurl.com/Spanish-Booklets Soy ...Continue Reading

*Interpretation/Translation* The CoDA Fellowship encompasses multiple languages worldwide, and the CoDA Board recognizes that it is challenging for those who do not speak English to follow CoDA World events and activities, such as, the CoDA Service Conference, CoDA International Convention, Board meetings, and World Committees. Voting Entities and Intergroups already play an active role in translatIng CoDA literature, to carry the message of recovery to the still-suffering codependent in a language they are comfortable ...Continue Reading

*CoDA Board of Trustees Virtual Face to Face Meeting #6* *Minutes* *Saturday, July 25, 2020* *Attending: *Don B/SoCal, Salle/NorCal, Yaniv S/Israel, Linda A/NorCal, Nancy O/Canada *Consent Agenda – *There were no Consent Agenda Items *Old Business* *Motion to approve Minutes* of meeting of July 11, 2020 was passed unanimously Nancy *moved to _approve the Board’s budget submission for next year_*. Don seconded, and motion was unanimously approved as submitted by the Treasurer. After those present edited the _Board’s ...Continue Reading

The CoDA Service Conference (CSC) is only 17 days away! If your meeting, intergroup, regional or state CoDA Organisation wishe to share your group conscience with your delegate(s) regarding any 2020 issues, we suggest you do so soon! Other than 1 or 2 last minute additions the full CoDA Service Conference (CSC) delegate packet is out. There are several ways to get the delegate packet. You can download the most current version of the entire packet as a zip file here: http://www.codependents.org/2020_CSC_Delegate_Pac ...Continue Reading

Announcement Update for Virtual CoDA Service Conference (CSC) 2020 Monday, August 24- Wednesday, August 26-  11:00 AM EDT to 4:30 PM EDT We welcome all to our first Virtual ONLY CoDA Service Conference in 2020. World CoDA cares about the health and wellbeing of our Trusted Servants and Fellowship members.  We are under extraordinary circumstances and we continue to adapt. The CoDA Events Committee in consultation with the CoDA Board of Trustees will be offering new guidelines and boundaries for our Virtual Co ...Continue Reading

Announcement Update for Virtual CoDA Service Conference (CSC) 2020 Monday, August 24- Wednesday, August 26-  11:00 AM EDT to 4:30 PM EDT We welcome all to our first Virtual ONLY CoDA Service Conference in 2020. World CoDA cares about the health and wellbeing of our Trusted Servants and Fellowship members.  We are under extraordinary circumstances and we continue to adapt. The CoDA Events Committee in consultation with the CoDA Board of Trustees will be offering new guidelines and boundaries for our Virtual Co ...Continue Reading

*CoDA Board of Trustees Virtual Face to Face Meeting #6* *Minutes* *Saturday, June 27, 2020* Attending: Linda A/SoCal, Don B/SoCal, Salle H/NorCal, Nancy O/Canada, Matt T/Texas, Yaniv S/Israel, Gail S/Nevada *Consent Agenda* *Minutes June 20, 2020 *Virtual F2F Board Meeting – Unanimously accepted via email. Motion to accept this Agenda was made by the Vice Chair and seconded by Nancy. All agreed *OLD BUSINESS* _Clarification of expenditures on the website_ – In mid-February of 2020, the new CoDA website was launched ...Continue Reading

Dear Fellowship, Have you ever wanted to observe the CoDA Service Conference & see how CoDA conducts our business? This year, the entire Conference is going to be internet only, so it's a great opportunity to learn about CoDA while incurring absolutely no travel (or other) expenses! All you need to observe the CoDA Service Conference is a computer or smart phone. If you're interested, please register here at no charge: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-coda-service-conference-2020-new-dates-registration-1047749 ...Continue Reading

*Monthly Public CoDA Board Meeting* Dear CoDA Member, You are invited to attend the April Public CoDA Board Meeting on  Saturday, July 11th, 2020 online, 8AM Pacific Time The Board’s public meetings take place online on the first Saturday each month at 8AM Pacific Time (California time). [*]Upcoming meeting:  July 11th, 2020 Join Meeting online: https://zoom.us/meeting/989911341/ or Join Meeting via phone in two ways: [*]One tap mobile – +17207072699,,989911341# US (Denver) or +16465588656,,989911341# US ...Continue Reading