Co-Dependents Anonymous
Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a twelve-step program for people who share a common desire to develop functional and healthy relationships.[1][2][3] 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.[3][4] Within four weeks there were 100 people and before the year was up there were 120 groups.[5] CoDA held its first National Service Conference the next year with 29 representatives from seven states.[3]:567[5] CoDA has stabilized at about a thousand meetings in the US, and with meetings active in 60 other countries and several online that can be reached at www.coda.org.[6]
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References[]
- ^ Rice, John Steadman (1996). A Disease of One's Own: Psychotherapy, Addiction, and the Emergence of Co-Dependency. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0765804549. OCLC 33009336.
- ^ Co-Dependents Anonymous (1998). "The Preamble of Co-Dependents Anonymous". Archived from the original on 1999-11-10. Retrieved 2010-01-03. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ Jump up to: a b c Codependents Anonymous (1995). Codependents Anonymous. Phoenix, AZ: Codependents Anonymous, Inc. ISBN 0-9647105-0-1.
- ^ Irvine, Leslie J. (1995). "Codependency and Recovery: Gender, Self, and Emotions in Popular Self-Help". Symbolic Interaction. 18 (2): 145–163. doi:10.1525/si.1995.18.2.145. JSTOR 10.1525/si.1995.18.2.145.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Irving, Leslie (1999). Codependent Forevermore, The Invention of Self in a Twelve Step Group. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 30. ISBN 0-226-38471-3.
- ^ "Meeting finder".[permanent dead link]
External links[]
- Co-Dependents Anonymous
- Co-Dependents Anonymous - Australasia
- Co-Dependents Anonymous United Kingdom (and Meeting Information)
- Co-Dependents Anonymous - Ireland
- Co-Dependents Anonymous Literature
- Co-Dependents Anonymous Online Forum
- Co-Dependents Anonymous Netherlands
- Co-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)
- Works by or about Co-Dependents Anonymous in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Categories:
- Twelve-step programs
- Mental health support groups
- Organizations established in 1986
- Non-profit organizations based in the United States
- International non-profit organizations