Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a
twelve-step program
Twelve-step programs are international mutual aid programs supporting recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions. Developed in the 1930s, the first twelve-step program, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), aided its membe ...
for people who share a common desire to develop functional and healthy relationships.
Co-Dependents Anonymous was founded by Ken and Mary Richardson and the first CoDA meeting attended by 30 people was held October 22, 1986 in
Phoenix, Arizona
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Within four weeks there were 100 people and before the year was up there were 120 groups.
CoDA held its first National Service Conference the next year with 29 representatives from seven states.
CoDA has stabilized at about a thousand meetings in the US, and with meetings active in 60 other countries and dozens online that can be reached at www.coda.org.
See also
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Alcoholism in family systems
Alcoholism in family systems refers to the conditions in families that enable alcoholism and the effects of alcoholic behavior by one or more family members on the rest of the family. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoho ...
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Adult Children of Alcoholics
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Al-Anon/Alateen
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Codependency
In sociology, codependency is a theory that attempts to explain imbalanced relationships where one person enables another person's self-destructive behavior such as addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achiev ...
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Emotions Anonymous
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List of twelve-step groups
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Nar-Anon
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Self-help groups for mental health
Self-help groups for mental health are voluntary associations of people who share a common desire to overcome mental illness or otherwise increase their level of cognitive or emotional wellbeing. Despite the different approaches, many of the psycho ...
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Twelve Traditions
The Twelve Traditions of twelve-step programs provide guidelines for relationships between the twelve-step groups, members, other groups, the global fellowship, and society at large. Questions of finance, public relations, donations, and purpose ar ...
References
External links
Co-Dependents AnonymousCo-Dependents Anonymous - AustralasiaCo-Dependents Anonymous United Kingdom (and Meeting Information)Co-Dependents Anonymous - IrelandCo-Dependents Anonymous Literature
Co-Dependents Anonymous Online ForumCo-Dependents Anonymous NetherlandsCo-Dependents Recovery Society(Canada)
Co-Dependents Anonymous Arizona
Co-Dependents Anonymous Portland, Oregon and Metro Area
Co-Dependents Anonymous Tucson
Co-Dependientes anónimos(Colombia)
Co-Dependents Anonymous(Germany)
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Organizations established in 1986
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