Co-Dependents Anonymous
CoDA meeting readings and literature
Official CoDA links in one place: the readings used at meetings, where newcomers can start, and where to get the literature.
Meeting readings
The readings often read aloud at CoDA meetings, on the fellowship's own site.
- The CoDA Preamble
(opens in a new tab)Read at the start of every CoDA meeting, after the opening prayer.codauk.org - The CoDA Welcome
(opens in a new tab)Read as written after the introductions. The page also links a short version, as a PDF on coda.org.codauk.org - The Twelve Steps of CoDA
(opens in a new tab)Read after the Welcome.codauk.org - The Twelve Traditions of CoDA
(opens in a new tab)The principles that guide the meeting itself, read after the Steps.codauk.org - Patterns and Characteristics of Codependence
(opens in a new tab)An optional reading offered as a tool for self-evaluation, read after the Traditions.codauk.org - Patterns of Recovery
(opens in a new tab)The recovery counterpart to the Patterns, read in its place at some meetings.codauk.org - The Twelve Promises
(opens in a new tab)Read near the close of the meeting at some groups.codauk.org - The CoDA prayers
(opens in a new tab)The CoDA Opening, Healing, Service, Recovery and Closing prayers. A group may open or close on one of these in place of the Serenity Prayer.codauk.org - CoDA meeting materials
(opens in a new tab)CoDA UK's index of meeting documents, including translations.codauk.org
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