To our CoDA Fellowship - We are getting excited about our upcoming CoDA Service Conference (CSC) which is being held both virtually via the internet and in person in Houston, Texas. Here’s some information we believe may be helpful to you, and your respective meetings, in preparation for our upcoming conference.  *CoDA Service Conference (CSC) - Business Meeting*·       Sunday, July 23, 2023: Mandatory Delegate Orientation· ...Continue Reading

         CoDA members, such as yourself, are a valuable asset to our recovery program!We would love you to consider joining a committee at the world level! It's a great way to give back and for you to truly make a difference!Many have personally found doing service to be a great way to learn to set boundaries and say no when we need or want to. Especially early on, some need to learn what limits are, and service in CoDA is a great way to practice in a safe environment.It’s also an ...Continue Reading

     https://coda.org/proper-use-of-the-coda-logo/This is the CoDA Seal; it is a registered trademark. Use of this mark is only allowed under a Trademark License Agreement, which agreement may allow customization by adding the name of an Intergroup or Voting Entity to the outside perimeter of the seal and/or translation of the words within the circle other than “CoDA”. No other changes are permitted. Please contact board@coda.org.CoDA groups may use the following seals on their letterheads, news ...Continue Reading

This is a resending of a message that was originally sent on 8/4/17.We'd like your feedback! This is the time of year when we are going to be sending a lot of information regarding the CoDA Service Conference. We believe that is of great importance because it gives YOU a voice in CoDA policy.We also wonder if some members would find different sorts of content more useful to them personally.Please feel free to send any constructive suggestions on what you would like to see on this list; we'd greatly appreciate it. It wou ...Continue Reading

         CoDA, Inc. Board of TrusteesApril 1st, 2023 Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific Daylight Time(Please adjust for your time zone)How To Join A Zoom Meeting:https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Zoom-meetingJoin Zoom Meeting/https://zoom.us/j/96821037645//Meeting ID: 968 2103 7645//One tap mobile//+13462487799,,96821037645#// US (Houston)//+16465588656,,96821037645#// US (New York)//Dial by your location//+1 346 248 7799// US (Housto ...Continue Reading

   *CoDA, Inc. Board of Trustees**Minutes* *February 4th, 2023*Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific TimeAcknowledging that we are all here for our personal recovery. The mission of the CoDA Board of Trustees is to ensure the longevity and fiscal health of the organization, to support the Fellowship’s ongoing service work, to promote CoDA unity and to reach the still suffering codependents.*Attendance and order of round robin –* Barbara, Faith, Joe, Katherine, Lisa, Steve, Tina, Yaniv (arrived at 8:42 Pa ...Continue Reading

   *CoDA, Inc. Board of Trustees**Minutes* *January 7th, 2023*Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific TimeAcknowledging that we are all here for our personal recovery. The mission of the CoDA Board of Trustees is to ensure the longevity and fiscal health of the organization, to support the Fellowship’s ongoing service work, to promote CoDA unity and to reach the still suffering codependents.*Attendance and order of round robin –* Barbara, Florence, Joe, Katherine, Lisa, Steve, Tina, Yaniv, Gail*Absent: Fai ...Continue Reading

The following is a slightly revised version of an email we originally sent on 2/17/16 Did you know that a large portion of CoDA's history since January 2010 is available for all to review in the email list archives?https://codependents.org/coda_email_lists.htmIt includes every email ever sent on the public CoDA Email lists.There are 7 lists with differing content: 1. General Announcements - What's new In CoDA & How do things in CoDA work?2. QSR - Our Quarterly Service Reports3. Weekly Reading - The Co-NNec ...Continue Reading

This is a resending of a message that originally went out on 3/13/11. It was written by the 2011 Communications Committee.SPONSORSHIP IN CoDASponsorship in CoDA is essentially different from sponsorship in other 12 step groups because of the nature of the disease of codependence. To be effective, CoDA sponsorship depends on the development of healthy boundaries on control issues such as advice-giving, care-taking, and rescuing. Giving feedback as sponsors, we can develop skills to be honest without advising, lecturing, ...Continue Reading

         CoDA, Inc. Board of TrusteesMarch 4th, 2023 Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific Daylight Time(Please adjust for your time zone)How To Join A Zoom Meeting:https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Zoom-meetingJoin Zoom Meeting/https://zoom.us/j/96821037645//Meeting ID: 968 2103 7645//One tap mobile//+13462487799,,96821037645#// US (Houston)//+16465588656,,96821037645#// US (New York)//Dial by your location//+1 346 248 7799// US (Housto ...Continue Reading

The audio recordings of the CoDA World Sponsorship Workshop held on February 11, 2023 are now available on codependents.org: https://www.codependents.org/Joy/and the CoDA YouTube Channel:(Sponsorship Workshop Only): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEQVATeN2_2oz0icbrNuCnYS8yuSJYjXn (Main CoDA YouTube Page): https://www.youtube.com/@co-dependentsanonymouscoda8948/playlists_We now have subtitles in numerous languages enabled on our entire YouTube channel!_ For instructions on how to use them, please go here:https:// ...Continue Reading

The 2023 CoDA Service Conference & International CoDA Convention are earlier than last year (late July 2023) so we wanted to give you a head's up. A Save-the-Date flyer is part of this email. Registration information will come out in the next few months. Stay tuned!         cscprep@codependents.org You can review previous emails here: https://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/main/ If you have a friend who would like to subscribe, please have them go here: ...Continue Reading

Call For New Submissions!Have any of the Weekly Reading been helpful or thought-provoking for you?Consider submitting *your *story and sharing your insight with other CoDA members!How has CoDA changed your life? Sharing your experience, strength and hope may help thousands of codependents still suffering. Everybody in CoDA has a recovery story to tell.  Please email to: wr@coda.orgSome Possible Topics (could include, but not limited to):1. Sharing your Strength and HopeHow CoDA and the Twelve Steps have made a ...Continue Reading

   *CoDA, Inc. Board of Trustees**Minutes* *December 3th, 2022*Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific TimeAcknowledging that we are all here for our personal recovery. The mission of the CoDA Board of Trustees is to ensure the longevity and fiscal health of the organization, to support the Fellowship’s ongoing service work, to promote CoDA unity and to reach the still suffering codependents.*OPENING ** **Attendance and order of round robin –* Barbara, Faith, Florence, Joe, Tina, Steve, Yaniv, Sharon ...Continue Reading

         CoDA, Inc. Board of TrusteesFebruary 4th, 2023 Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific Daylight Time(Please adjust for your time zone)How To Join A Zoom Meeting:https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Zoom-meetingJoin Zoom Meeting/https://zoom.us/j/96821037645//Meeting ID: 968 2103 7645//One tap mobile//+13462487799,,96821037645#// US (Houston)//+16465588656,,96821037645#// US (New York)//Dial by your location//+1 346 248 7799// US (Hou ...Continue Reading

CoDA now has our own You Tube Channel!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0oWXZDpoVdKbyJ0YDh1zTQ/playlistsFor those more used to You Tube, You will find most of the CoDA audio files from codependents.org; + 4 unique videos, & the Ken & Mary R (our founders) workshop:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2JefAJ_fok&list=PLEQVATeN2_2oOcfc8BxOLKda-PItabeXa&index=5&t=4sWe currently have a total of 89 You Tube "Videos" on our channel, with more to come!And we have 1709 subscribers. We’ve also sorted the You Tube v ...Continue Reading

         CoDA members, such as yourself, are a valuable asset to our recovery program!We would love you to consider joining a committee at the world level! It's a great way to give back and for you to truly make a difference!Many have personally found doing service to be a great way to learn to set boundaries and say no when we need or want to. Especially early on, some need to learn what limits are, and service in CoDA is a great way to practice in a safe environment.It’s also an ...Continue Reading

  Sponsorship Workshop - “Joy in the Journey”The online workshop is sponsored by the World CoDA Outreach Committee and will provide information and encouragement for sponsors and sponsees.Current CoDA sponsors and sponsees will share their experience, strength and hope regarding sponsorship. Open share will allow participants to share their experience, strength, and hope and ask questions about sponsorship. Saturday, February 11, 2023 11:00 am to 2:30 pm Eastern time zone** * * Registration is required * ...Continue Reading

   *CoDA, Inc. Board of Trustees**Minutes* *November 5th, 2022*Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific TimeAcknowledging that we are all here for our personal recovery. The mission of the CoDA Board of Trustees is to ensure the longevity and fiscal health of the organization, to support the Fellowship’s ongoing service work, to promote CoDA unity and to reach the still suffering codependents.OPENING*Serenity Prayer*: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the ...Continue Reading

   *CoDA, Inc. Board of Trustees**Minutes* *October 1st, 2022*Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific TimeAcknowledging that we are all here for our personal recovery. The mission of the CoDA Board of Trustees is to ensure the longevity and fiscal health of the organization, to support the Fellowship’s ongoing service work, to promote CoDA unity and to reach the still suffering codependents.OPENING*Serenity Prayer*: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the ...Continue Reading

     https://coda.org/proper-use-of-the-coda-logo/This is the CoDA Seal; it is a registered trademark. Use of this mark is only allowed under a Trademark License Agreement, which agreement may allow customization by adding the name of an Intergroup or Voting Entity to the outside perimeter of the seal and/or translation of the words within the circle other than “CoDA”. No other changes are permitted. Please contact board@coda.org.CoDA groups may use the following seals on their letterheads, news ...Continue Reading

         CoDA, Inc. Board of TrusteesJanuary 7th, 2023 Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific Daylight Time(Please adjust for your time zone)How To Join A Zoom Meeting:https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Zoom-meetingJoin Zoom Meeting/https://zoom.us/j/96821037645//Meeting ID: 968 2103 7645//One tap mobile//+13462487799,,96821037645#// US (Houston)//+16465588656,,96821037645#// US (New York)//Dial by your location//+1 346 248 7799// US (Hous ...Continue Reading

         CoDA, Inc. Board of TrusteesJanuary 6th, 2023 Day/Time: Saturday - 8-9:30 am Pacific Daylight Time(Please adjust for your time zone)How To Join A Zoom Meeting:https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Zoom-meetingJoin Zoom Meeting/https://zoom.us/j/96821037645//Meeting ID: 968 2103 7645//One tap mobile//+13462487799,,96821037645#// US (Houston)//+16465588656,,96821037645#// US (New York)//Dial by your location//+1 346 248 7799// US (Hous ...Continue Reading

Dear CoDA Fellowship, Since our original email, several more meetings have joined the CoDAthon! The latest downloadable or viewable (PDF) lists through New Years Day will be here:https://www.codependents.org/codathon.html New Year's Eve: https://www.codependents.org/codathon.2022.12.31.22.pdfNew Year's Day: https://www.codependents.org/codathon.2022.1.01.23.pdfIf you missed our previous emails, many internet and phone CoDA meetings are involved in trying to get as close as possible to 24 hours consecutive meetings ...Continue Reading

Dear CoDA Fellowship, Since our original email, several more meetings have joined the CoDAthon! The latest downloadable or viewable (PDF) lists through New Years Day will be here:https://www.codependents.org/codathon.html If you missed our previous emails, many internet and phone CoDA meetings are involved in trying to get as close as possible to 24 hours consecutive meetings on all 4 upcoming holidays: December 24th & 25th; & December 31st & January 1st.       You don't ha ...Continue Reading