“Each group has but one primary purpose – to carry its message to the codependent who still suffers.”
CoDA – Tradition 5
There are a host of ways any member can offer service… offering as much or as little time as is available:
CoDA Chair
Sharing at length isn’t for everyone, but if you feel like you could offer your time sharing as a chair, you can reach out to one of the CoDA networks, including the CoDA Chair Finders group.
Find out more – from the Chair Finders group
CoDA Share
Sharing ESH (Experience Strength and Hope) in a meeting, or being present and sharing your truth with the meeting, is just one example to offer your time to the programme.
Mailings
CoDA has several pamphlets such as “Am I Codependent?”, “What Is CoDA?”, “Welcome to Co-Dependents Anonymous”, that are appropriate for sharing with professional teams. Professionals, are fully aware of codependency, but have little to no knowledge of Codependents Anonymous programme which was setup within the councilling sector in the eighties.
More resources:
Information for Professionals
Free CoDA leaflets
Cover letter (sample)
Member shares
We’re looking for submissions! We want your personal stories & poems reflecting experience, strength & hope in your recovery from codependency (recovery in other 12 Step programmes may be mentioned peripherally, but not as the focus please).
CoDA Member shares
Outreach
Either locally by sharing your details with new members or across the country via one of the online channels set up to support recovery.
Find out more
Posters
Added to public noticeboards. Possible locations include: libraries, community centres, churches, community boards (in commercial spaces e.g. supermarket)
- Download CoDA UK DRAFT Poster set (PDF)
- Prepare your own Poster – (opens in free package called Figma) instructions in page
- Email codauk-pi@outlook.com if you’d like assistance
Service
Reach out to one of the teams looking for support in your region
Find out more
Sponsorship
In order to carry the message, we must give back what has been given to us and often members of Twelve Step fellowships choose to sponsor. We also can support sponsorship in our local or regional groups by facilitating opportunities to learn about sponsorship.
Sponsor a newcomer at a CoDA Meeting
Support sponsorship workshops
Start a meeting
Find a venue or decide on a platform to run an online meeting, then register your meeting on the website following the instructions here.
If you’d like to start a new meeting but would like to appeal for fellow members to come forward to help you first, we can list your request. Please email meetings@codauk.org with your first name, the area where you’d like to start a meeting and your contact number and/or email address so that members can get in touch with you.
Find out more
If you wish to obtain further information about CoDA UK for use in any publication or public material, please make sure that you contact us at publicinformation@codauk.org first so that we can inform you of our policy of Anonymity and the Traditions that relate to any use of the CoDA UK name by outside sources.
Welcoming newcomers
Both a role at CoDA meetings, but also an opportunity. Open to all, no matter how long you’ve spent in the rooms.