Greater Omaha CoDA Service Group

"Co-Dependents Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women whose common purpose is to develop healthy relationships. The only requirement for membership is a desire for healthy and fulfilling relationships. We rely on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions for knowledge and wisdom. These are the principles of our program and guides to developing honest and fulfilling relationships. Through applying the Twelve Steps and principles in CoDA to our daily life and relationships, both present and past, we can experience a new freedom from our self-defeating lifestyles and realize a new joy, acceptance and serenity in our lives." - CoDA Preamble

The CoDA Omaha Mailing List:
Consist of periodic emails detailing CoDA events, announcements and inspiration. If you would like your name added to the mailing list, send your email address to Sarah T.

CoDA World Website: http://www.coda.org.

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Please donate as you can to the 7th Tradition when the basket is passed at your meetings. CoDA needs your support in order to continue providing the resources that we do.

Are you a therapist or counseling professional? Please mention CoDA to your patients as you see fit! Download and print the letter below for more information.

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Weekly Meditation for the week of August 16, 2010

And if not now, when?
--The Talmud

It's so easy to put things off. Sometimes we're like Scarlet O'Hara, who hoped and dreamed for a better life by saying, "There's always tomorrow." But is there always a tomorrow? If we live too many of our days counting on tomorrows, we may find ourselves putting off achievements and growth now.

What if tomorrow never came? What if all of our time to do what we wanted was put in the hours left in today? We'd be scurrying around like mice trying to cram as much as we could into this short period of time. But today, not having such a deadline, we believe our time is endless and no goal or task is so important that it can't be put off.

The time to achieve is now. The time to live is now. For as long as we believe tomorrow will come, we'll be living for tomorrow. If we don't believe today is the greatest gift we could receive, we'll never know how to live for today. Everything we want to achieve, to learn, to share can begin today. If we don't live the best we can right now, then when?

Higher Power, help me learn to use my time wisely. Help me avoid putting things off.

You are reading from the book:

Night Light by Amy E. Dean