Info for Professionals *NEW*

Teams who support community spaces

Codependents Anonymous entered the UK in 1989, and has been running meetings ever since. What we lack in funding (as we’re fully self funded), we make up for in offering a safe space around the clock – but despite approaching our 40th birthday we do tend to run under many professional teams’ radars.

If you can’t find materials for yourself/your team/your client, please reach out to publicinformation@codauk.org.

CoDA meetings offer support nationwide via a network of passionate volunteers – connecting with community professionals and spaces across the length and breadth of the UK.

Who are the NSC?

Public Information FAQs

FAQ 1 – May I, as a professional, attend a meeting?
You are welcome to attend any “open” meeting. Identify yourself by first name only, not as a professional.
Please do not give advice; sharing is about our own experiences.
There are no dues or fees; we are self supporting through our own contributions.

The only requirement for attending CoDA is a desire for healthy, loving relationships.

CoDA meetings run 24/7 via a network of members running sessions across the regions.
FAQ2 – How is CoDA different to other 12 Step groups?
Other 12 Step groups support people or friends of people, who have addictions such as alcohol. CoDA supports people to create healthy relationships starting with themselves, whether or not addictions exist in their lives.

CoDA meetings run 24/7 via a network of members running sessions across the regions.
FAQ 3 – Why no advice?
In CoDA, we have a strong focus on not giving advice. Not asking for advice and not giving advice can let us see how a safe, trustworthy and equal relationship feels. Instead, we focus on sharing our own experience and hearing the experience of others.
FAQ 4 – CoDA intro materials available in my language?
As a multi-cultural team of volunteers, CoDA UK is invested in bringing together CoDA materials from across the globe. We’ve built indexes across our website to support members who would prefer to read materials in their primary language:

[ All languages ] | Free literature
FAQ5 – CoDA – rooted in recovery space
“…I had completed hundreds of evaluations on patients and family members and found a great many of these people were not adult children or friends, family members or relatives of alcoholics….they didn’t fit in …and eventually left programmes …and were left without support from their co-dependency.”

CoDA Co-founder –
First CoDA Newsletter – Bear Facts – 1987

17 years of experience, strength, hope from
CoDA Co Founders

CoDA Member shares
(AU, CA, KE, IR, MX, NZ, UK, US)
FAQ 6 – Can a facility host a CoDA meeting?
Hospitals and Treatment centres can provide space for CoDA meetings to meet.

There is literature available on the website that can be downloaded and copied for use with codependents as long as there are no fees associated with their use and Codependents Anonymous, Inc.’s copyright information is included on the copy.

In the US, CoDA sessions are regularly run within institutions/by institutions and local groups. The team have prepped a range of documents to support this activity.

More information:
Hospitals and Institutions handbook
FAQ 7 – Communication is key!
..Have you ever experienced the telephone weighing a “thousand pounds?”
(CoDA 30 Questions – Part of Q5)

CoDA UK members have a number of options to share, work the steps, or meet no matter the time/day.

Email: publicinformation@codauk.org to find out more about:
– Outreach networks helping codependents feel heard
– Sponsorship options open to codependents

See also CoDA shares 1990s > present day, recorded across the globe:
By topic
By step
By region
FAQ 8 – Does CoDA offer counselling?
CoDA is a 12 Step Fellowship and peer support group. It aims to create a safe environment for those wishing recovery from dysfunctional relationships, providing anonymity and freedom from judgement or feedback. In CoDA we share our own experience, strength, and hope. We do not give advice.
CoDA For Professionals leaflet – extract

CoDA meetings run 24/7 via a network of members running sessions across the regions.
FAQ 9 – Does CoDA support options for under 18s?
CoDAteen is part of the Fellowship of Co-Dependents Anonymous. CoDAteen is a community of teens and young adults whose common purpose is to develop healthy and loving relationships.

CoDAteen members are usually 13 to 18 year olds. Through their group conscience, each group can choose the age range they prefer, including college and university students who are older than 18, when agreed upon.

Find out more
FAQ 10 – Is CoDA material available in a range of formats, to support those with low vision, or find it easier to listen to books? *NEW*

There is an official CoDA audio book version of Pocket Blue book (with sample)

As CoDA books / booklets are all available in PDF, free software from Adobe or Microsoft can be used to *read aloud* any CoDA eBooks and eBooklets purchased.

We also have copies of every leaflet, and free leaflet translated into web pages to give readers control over the text size and language.
Find out more

If your community team/ recovery space would like to request a complete CoDA digital library or printed literature for clients, please email: publicinformation@codauk.org