We use literature for our own understanding and for working the CoDA recovery program.
How do I find CoDa literature?
Through your local CoDA group
Through the online store: https://www.codependentsanonymous.org.au/coda-webstore
You can also look through some Topic Group readings online
Here is a list of some of the CoDA literature that is available:
Newcomers Kit
Newcomers Pack (free digital download) or Newcomers Pack (paper copy) come with several brochures suitable for people just starting to explore CoDA
Books and Workbooks
Co-Dependents Anonymous Blue Book - This is the main CoDA text, an in depth reading on recovery, our fellowship, common questions, and personal stories from co-dependents. There is also a 'Pocket Version' which is a bit cheaper and has everything except the personal stories. The Blue Book is also available as a Kindle book and Audio book.
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Workbook - takes the reader through the Steps & Traditions with a brief explanation followed by a series of questions. For both individual or group study.
The First 14 Days - The workbook for sponsees who are being sponsored in CoDA to working the first part of the CoDA recovery program.
In This Moment - Daily meditations. This is also available as a Kindle Book.
Pamphlets
Am I Co-dependent? - Lists patterns of codependency and includes the CoDA 12 Promises.
Welcome to CoDA - Includes the CoDA Welcome and Preamble.
What is CoDA? - Useful for health professionals.
Attending Meetings - Explains how CoDA meetings work and how to participate.
Boundaries - What are boundaries? This pamphlet explores different types of boundaries and offers guidance for establishing and maintaining them in a healthy way.
Welcome Kit combines several brochures suitable for newcomers plus a specially written brochure for newcomers.
Sponsorship in CoDA - An overview of the principles of sponsorship.
Using the Twelve Traditions.
Communications & Recovery - A look at old patterns of communication & how healthier communication can be learned.
Starting a New Meeting.
Why is CoDA endorsed literature vital?
Booklets
Peeling the Onion - Characteristics of Codependents revisited — Co-dependants look at Love, Sex, & Relationship Addiction
and Avoidance.
Making Choices - Offers guidance in recognizing how to make choices that support our recovery, it explores co-dependent and healthy behaviours.
Newcomers Handbook - A detailed description of the CoDA program.
Sponsorship Handbook - An in-depth look at various forms of sponsorship.
Common Threads of Co-dependency - Co-dependants talk about codependency, recovery, relapse and authenticity.
Experiences with Crosstalk - Experience, strength, and hope on what crosstalk is and how some members deal with it.
Tools of Recovery - Members share experience, strength & hope with different tools useful in their recovery.
Affirmation Booklet - A collection of positive affirmations for recovering codependents in pocket size.
Carrying the Message - Living the Twelfth Step, practical examples of healthy service work essential to the continuation of any meeting and to CoDA as a whole. How to say “yes” to service work
Other items
New Meeting Starter Kit - for new groups
Brochure for Health Professionals - information on CoDA for health professionals
Public Information Pack - posters set suitable for publicising your CoDA meeting.
Meeting in Print
Meeting in print is CoDA approved meeting literature. We hope you find this a valuable addition to your recovery -
https://coda.org/meeting-in-print/
How to Order
You can contact the literature co-ordinator of your CoDA group, or
The CoDA Australasia online store is an easy way to order literature, or
You can print out and complete the Literature Order Form for CoDA Australasia, deposit the order value into the CoDA Australasia bank account and post the order form and banking receipt to them. You can find more information about this on their literature page.