The Welcome of Co-Dependents Anonymous
We welcome you to Co-Dependents Anonymous, a program of
recovery from codependence, where each of us may share our experience, strength,
and hope in our efforts to find freedom where there has been bondage and peace
where there has been turmoil in our relationships with others and ourselves.
Most of us have been searching for ways to overcome the dilemmas of the conflicts
in our relationships and our childhoods. Many of us were raised in families
where addictions existed - some of us were not. In either case, we have found
in each of our lives that codependence is a most deeply rooted compulsive
behavior and that it is born out of our sometimes moderately, sometimes extremely
dysfunctional family systems. We have each experienced in our own ways the
painful trauma of the emptiness of our childhood and relationships throughout
our lives.
We attempted to use others - our mates, friends, and even
our children, as our sole source of identity, value and well being, and as
a way of trying to restore within us the emotional losses from our childhoods.
Our histories may include other powerful addictions which at times we have
used to cope with our codependence.
We have all learned to survive life, but in CoDA we are
learning to live life. Through applying the Twelve
Steps and principles found in CoDA to our daily life and relationships
both present and past - we can experience a new freedom from our self
defeating lifestyles. It is an individual growth process. Each of us is growing
at our own pace and will continue to do so as we remain open to God's will
for us on a daily basis. Our sharing is our way of identification and helps
us to free the emotional bonds of our past and the compulsive control of our
present.
No matter how traumatic your past or despairing your present
may seem, there is hope for a new day in the program of Co-Dependents Anonymous.
No longer do you need to rely on others as a power greater than yourself.
May you instead find here a new strength within to be that which God intended
- Precious and Free.
The Welcome of Co-Dependents Anonymous
is reprinted from the website www.CoDA.org with permission of Co-Dependents
Anonymous, Inc. (CoDA, Inc). Permission to reprint this material does not
mean that CoDA, Inc. has reviewed or approved the contents of this
publication, or that CoDA, Inc. agrees with the views expressed herein.
Co-Dependents Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women whose common
purpose is to develop healthy relationships and is not affiliated with any
other 12 step program.
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