The contents of this email were Group Conscienced by the 2016 Communications Committee comm@coda.org Please note that all material below this paragraph is excerpted directly from Healthy Meetings Matter Booklet & is Conference approved. While we are sharing it with the fellowship in the spirit of recovery and service, the copyright to this material is fully owned by Codependents Anonymous, inc (2009). 13TH STEPPING A member reported: “I watched a member of the opposite sex repeatedly use recovery to flirt with ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the Weekly Readings Subcommittee of the CoDA Co-NNections Committee connections@coda.org Do you enjoy the weekly recovery readings? Do you like carrying the message of recovery? Would you like to be a part of the Co-NNections committee? If you answered yes to the above questions, WE WANT YOU!!! Tasks include vetting submissions, and participating in a group conscience decision in a timely manner regarding what we're going to send out each week. There is a minimum amount of editing ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Board of Trustees, board@coda.org Summary for CoDA World Board Conference Call Sunday 3/12/16 2 pm-3:15 pm PST ● Establish order for round robin discussion – Gerry, Mary, Lorraine, Denny, Chris 2. Turn on Recording (15 min) ● Welcome visitors – Crystal, Anita, Linda. ● Ratify motions (approved by email with changes) 1. Minutes dated Feb 21,2016 unanimous 2. Email motion: Create a working group that would consist of 2 board members (legal liaisons) and 2 fellowship memb ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Events Committee events@coda.org Do You Want To Attend The Coda Service Conference (CSC) As A State Delegate (Del-Tro) Or International Country Delegate (I-Tro)? Do You Need Financial Assistance? Please Read The Following Announcement: As a Voting Entity Delegate, you represent the voice of all CoDA members within your "Voting Entity (State or Country).” If your State or Country has never been represented at the CoDA Service Conference (CSC) this is a great opportun ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Board of Trustees, board@coda.org Summary for CoDA World Board Conference Call Sunday 2/21/16 2 pm-3:15 pm PST o Opened with Serenity Prayer, Step 2, Tradition 2, Service Concept 2, In This moment. and check in o Round robin established. o Read From In This Moment ● In attendance: Chris, Lorraine, Denny, Gerry, Mary and 2 visitors, Anita f & Jen l ● Ratify minutes (approved by email with changes) Minutes 1/10/2016 – approved as presented • Ratify email motions 1. e ...Continue Reading

This is a resending of a message that originally went out on 12/9/13; & was also resent on 12/7/14. The contents of this email are from the 2013 CoDA Communications Committee. comm@coda.org Please let other members at your meeting know about our email lists; this is a great way to receive information & communication from CoDA! Any CoDA member can sign up for the lists here: http://www.codependents.org/ And did you know that every email we've ever sent is archived on the codependents.org website? If you'd e ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Communications Committee, comm@coda.org Do you have a desire to engage with the CoDA fellowship? Then the CoDA Communications Committee needs you! We meet monthly by conference call via webex. We would prefer that prospective members have at least 2 years continuous recovery and experience in service at the meeting or intergroup level. Our #1 task is to encourage and enable communication within the CoDA Fellowship For this to happen, information needs to reach meetings an ...Continue Reading

The Contents of this email are from the CoDA Translation Management Committee   tmc@coda.org CoDA is growing around the world and there is a great need for the translation of our literature and other materials into other languages. We have been working closely with members of the Board of Trustees to fully develop our procedures and the documents, some of which are legal documents that will be signed. Over the past 6 months we have worked with about 15 different groups in the support of this effort and we con ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Email list coordinator with permission from a CoDA Board member. codalist@coda.org 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? http://www.codependents.org/ It includes every email ever sent on the public CoDA Email lists. There are 4 lists with differing content: 1. General Announcements - What's new In CoDA & How do things in CoDA work? 2. QSR - Our Quarterly Service Reports 3. We ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Communications Committee comm@coda.org CoDA is like an upside-down pyramid because we at World Service do what the members of the Fellowship tell us to do. You as an individual, or much better, as someone speaking for your meeting, can give voice to your Experience, Strength, Hope about our program and how we serve the Fellowship. . The place for this is at: http://www.onlinecoda.net/forums.html which is where online CoDA meetings have been conducted for ten years. Now we ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Email Team info@coda.org SERVICE OPPORTUNITY FROM YOUR HOME  The CoDA Email Team is looking for trusted servants to answer emails sent to info@coda.org. This very rewarding service work it engages us with people discovering their codependent patterns and reaching out for help in overcoming them. Not only do we need more help out of self-care but we also want others to experience as we do these encounters with the very people who are the reasons for our fellowship. &nb ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Board of Trustees, board@coda.org Summary for CoDA World Board Conference Call Sunday 1/10/16 2 pm-3:15 pm PST • Opened meeting with readings, check-ins, welcoming visitors. The order of speaking is Lorraine, Gerry, Mary, Denny, Chris. • Ratify minutes (approved by email with changes) = none • Ratify Group Conscience (GC) Motions - extension of a previous meeting approved by majority via email: motion to approve 3 items - summary 12/13 - Minutes Face to Face 11/19/2015 & ...Continue Reading

This message was originally sent in 2 parts on 2/27/11 & 3/9/11 by the 2011 CoDA Communications Committee: comm@coda.org 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 phy ...Continue Reading

This is a resending of a message that originally went out on 6/4/13. The contents of this email are from the CoDA Communication Committee. comm@coda.org Codependents come to CoDA in crisis and in urgent need of a meeting. Even old timers have to look for meetings, when they're away from home. People rely on information obtained from the CoDA website, local intergroup postings or the CoDA phone volunteers who locate meeting details for them. It's important that the online posting for your meeting - its address, contac ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Communications Committee, comm@coda.org NEW DATABASE OF CODA OFFICIAL ACTIONS All official actions by CoDA World Service are now available for viewing and printing. During the 2014-2015 term, the Board authorized a professionally designed database to place on the web. That has been done and is available. It includes 4700 Motions and other Actions by Conference, the Board and Committees from 1996 to 2015. This is at: http://coda.org/index.cfm/service-info/csc-motions-and-re ...Continue Reading

1/15 - 1/17 Friday - Sunday Washington State "Women's Retreat, Living in Recovery" Rainbow Lodge Retreat Center | 46820 SE Mt Si Rd | North Bend, WA Flier http://coda.org/default/assets/File/wlts%202016%20flyer.pdf Jaime E | 206-795-3045 | wltscodaretreat@gmail.com 1/15 - 1/17 Friday - Sunday South Carolina "Face Everything And Recover" Omni Hilton Head Oceanfront Resort Hilton Head Island, SC Flier http://coda.org/default/assets/File/Event%20Flyers/Face%20Everything%20and%20Recover%20Retreat.pdf J ...Continue Reading

CoDA Email Lists & Spam Filters (Please Read) Some of the emails we have sent you from the email list(s) you're subscribed to may have been bounced by your email provider as spam. This is happening because some providers have their filter configured to see specific (unknown to us) words as spam. Unfortunately, this has been going on for several months, and it is impacting CoDA; the most significant impact is that when one filter labels CoDA email as spam, many other filters get that information and make it harder ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Co-NNections Committee, connections@coda.org We're writing today looking for CoDA members who would be interested in contributing to the Weekly Readings. You can view the 2015 readings here: http://codependents.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/archive/connections/ We're looking for new material to send out for the Weekly Reading. We are interested in receiving submissions from CoDA members that represent the authentic experience of recovery. We are especially looking for submiss ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Board of Trustees, board@coda.org Summary of CoDA Board meeting, 12/13/15 All in attendance - Gerry, Christine, Mary, Lorraine, Denny Check in, read 12th Step, 12th Tradition, 12th service concept 1:20 Pacific meeting recording start • Minutes from face to face not completed – SOS to send. • Meeting summary from face to face - _motion_ to accept, seconded, with correction of time s/b PST. _Passed_. Items for discussion: (30 minutes) • Discussion on 30 year brass Coin a ...Continue Reading

This is the Extended Holiday Support Schedule for the 1PM Eastern Telephone Meeting Call in number 605-562-3140 pin 425173# Christmas Eve 5, 7,& 9 PM Eastern Christmas Day 5, 7,& 9 PM Eastern New Years Eve 5, 7,& 9 PM Eastern New Years Day 5, 7,& 9 PM Eastern These holiday support meetings are 1 hour long with different themes. The are CODA approved following the guidlines and principles of the 12 Step and 12 Traditions and other literature. Please bring your spiritual recovering selves to the Holiday r ...Continue Reading

Many CoDA emails are being put in your spam folder by aol. If you would be willing to go into your aol spam folder & check every CoDA email & select "not spam" that would insure future delivery & greatly help CoDA.                            In Service,                    &nbs ...Continue Reading

*SERVICE OPPORTUNITY FROM YOUR HOME* The contents of this email are from the CoDA Email Team info@coda.org  The CoDA Email Team is looking for trusted servants to answer emails sent to info@coda.org. This very rewarding service work it engages us with people discovering their codependent patterns and reaching out for help in overcoming them. Not only do we need more help out of self-care but we also want others to experience as we do these encounters with the very people who are the reasons for our fellowship. & ...Continue Reading

This is the Holiday Support Schedule for the 1PM Eastern Telephone Meeting Call in number 605-562-3140 pin 425173# Christmas Eve 5, 7,& 9 PM Eastern Christmas Day 5, 7,& 9 PM Eastern New Years Eve 5, 7,& 9 PM Eastern New Years Day 5, 7,& 9 PM Eastern These holiday support meetings are 1 hour long with different themes. The are CODA approved following the guidlines and principles of the 12 Step and 12 Traditions and other literature. Please bring your spiritual recovering selves to the Holiday reco ...Continue Reading

The contents of the email were originally written by the CoDA Communications committee in December 2013, comm@coda.org How do codependents take care of themselves during the stress of the holidays? Here are some suggestions: 1. Go to as many meetings as you need. 2. Call other members including your sponsor. 3. Set boundaries that you are willing to observe. 4. Consider reading CoDA literature and reflecting on the Steps and Traditions. 5. Take care of yourself; YOU come first! Some CoDA intergroups and areas ha ...Continue Reading

The contents of this email are from the CoDA Board Of Trustees board@coda.org SUMMARY OF CoDA BOARD MEETING FACE TO FACE – NOVEMBER 2015 In attendance – Chris, Gerry, Lorraine, Denny, Mary & from SOS, Conni Thursday (9AM – 9PM, with lunch and dinner breaks) Strategic Plan discussion. Included website; policies & procedures; Fellowship Service Manual, CoRe relationship; bringing delegates to CSC via electronic means (2017?); awareness campaign for CoDA (need a task force for this); guidelines; e-mail protocol ...Continue Reading