Eight are represented in Colorado, plus two independent groups.
People often ask why there are so many fellowships and how they differ.
The worldwide fellowships originated some twenty years ago in widely separated parts of the country. Each had already begun taking shape before learning of the others. As a result, they developed differing customs and beliefs and, most of all, formed separate networks. And too, the 60 to 90 minute weekly meetings embrace many common rituals borrowed from AA and Al-Anon. They too were very careful about confidentiality and not until a second group began in 1980, made-up of persons from less visible walks of life, did COSA begin to make its presence known.