7th Tradition Donations

At almost every meeting, a basket is passed to collect money, known as The Seventh Tradition.

What do we do with Seventh Tradition funds?

• At the meeting level:

  • Paying the rent on the space used for holding meetings, and for providing any coffee or other things that might be served.

  • Literature, and welcome & CoDA birthday tokens, are paid for out of these funds, although literature is most often sold and is thus self-supporting. At times, the literature may need assistance for new items or should anything happen to the literature stock.

  • After meeting expenses are paid, many groups establish a “prudent reserve” that covers two months worth of expenses. It’s a savings fund that may be used if meeting donations do not cover expenses.

• At the community level:

  • The money goes to provide services to all registered CoDA groups in San Diego County and supports neighboring CoDA groups. We support all co-dependents by providing a newsletter, literature sales, a website, local phone line, outreach and events, including Super Seminar Saturdays each calendar quarter. and other programs that the community may run or sponsor. The community is made up representatives, committee chairs, and group service representatives from the many San Diego County CoDA meetings.

  • The San Diego County CoDA community also establishes a prudent reserve as part of its annual budgeting process.

• At the regional level:

  • The Southern California Region of Co-Dependents Anonymous provides a bridge between the many Southern California CoDA communities and the CoDA World organization.