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Has a leader bypassed group conscience or provided answers or guidance without referring to CoDA literature?.

Have we sufficiently vetted the activity, yielding to Higher Power with our group conscience, using the twelve traditions as guide?.

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Please refer to the Fellowship Service Manual for the group conscience process (sectionвЂ¦ pageвЂ¦.) The best we can do is to vet all our activities in such a way that our own group conscience is followed regarding the traditions. The question that may come up is: Have we made a decision that does not honor CoDA as a whole? This one is very challenging. To avoid confusion, when we participate in a group conscience decision, we may make written notes of the people who were notified and/or participated, identify the subject we discussed, and include the results of the decision. Sometimes people may circumvent our process by claiming to be interpreters of our group conscience. Using CoDA approved literature as a background, our leaders yield to group conscience for plans, answers, and guidance. We determine our collective group conscience by selecting/electing representatives to serve the Fellowship. No one person leads us, makes plans for us, or provides definitive answers to questions. Our leaders are but trusted servants they do not govern.ДЄs CoDA members, our Higher Power guides us as expressed through our group conscience. Tradition Two: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority: a loving Higher Power as expressed to our group conscience.

Is the activity in any way disruptive or divisive?.

Does the activity foster unity, fellowship, and recovery?.

Members who engage in CoDA outreach keep in mind that their activities are meant to promote CoDA unity, foster fellowship and support our recovery, rather than being disruptive or divisive. Tradition One: Our common welfare should come first personal recovery depends upon CoDA unity. These questions are not inclusive of all questions to ask oneself, but we offer this guide as tool. If the answer to the question does not uphold the tradition, then that must be remedied before proceeding with the Outreach activity.

As a general practice, we suggest the following guideline questions be answered prior to CoDA Outreach activities going forward. When a CoDA group or member is considering outreach service activities, it is important to consider the CoDA Twelve Traditions. Guidelines approved at the July, 2015 CSC- вЂњConference ApprovedвЂќ CoDA GUIDELINES FOR FOLLOWING THE TWELVE TRADITIONS IN OUTREACH SERVICE WORK Tradition 12: Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. Tradition 11: Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, films, television and all other forms of public communication. Tradition 10: CoDA has no opinion on outside issues, hence the CoDA name ought never be drawn into public controversy. Tradition 9: CoDA, as such, ought never be organized, but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve. Tradition 8: CoDependents Anonymous should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers. Tradition 7: Every CoDA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. Tradition 6: A CoDA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the CoDA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property and prestige divert us from our primary spiritual aim. Tradition 5: Each group has but one primary purpose: to carry its message to other codependents who still suffer. Tradition 4: Each group should remain autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or CoDA as a whole. Tradition 3: The only requirement for membership in CoDA is a desire for healthy and loving relationships. Our leaders are but trusted servants they do not govern. Tradition 2: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority вЂ“ a loving Higher Power as expressed to our group conscience. Tradition 1: Our common welfare should come first personal recovery depends upon CoDA unity.

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Each tradition is also followed by examples ofВ guiding questions for membersвЂ™ consideration, as part of a reflectiveВ вЂњservice work inventory.вЂќ The entire text of this section can be viewed and downloaded as a pdf here.

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The following are reflections on how to incorporate its principlesВ while engaging in service work. CODAвЂ™S TWELVE TRADITIONS ASВ GUIDESВ TO SERVICE WORK

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