This is how fellowship and Fellowship create group support for members, by members. CoDA is a program of recovery based on working the Twelve Steps of Co-Dependents Anonymous . To that end, the Fellowship of CoDA functions as a program of group support. Whatever problem a codependent is struggling with when he or she enters the program, working the Steps is the answer for many. Every person who works the program receives a therapeutic benefit, but our program is not therapy.
Recovery occurs differently for everyone.
The only generality that seems to be a common denominator is that codependents who work the program increase their own spirituality. It is the Newcomer's responsibility to select a sponsor. Same sex sponsors are recommended. A sponsor is there to hear your beginning story when you are new to the program. The sponsor's principal function is to help their sponsorees work the Steps .