Rapid City Co-Dependents Anonymous

09/22/2024

I'm slowly learning that even if I react, it won't change anything, it won't make people suddenly love and respect me, it won't magically change their minds. Sometimes it's better to just let things be, let people go, don't fight for closure, don't ask for explanations, don't chase answers and don't expect people to understand where you're coming from. I'm slowly learning that life is better lived when you don't center it on what's happening around you and center it on what's happening inside you instead. -Rania Naim

08/23/2024

10/13/2023

"Love you" 𝘷𝘴. "𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂"

• Inexpressive/Impersonal 𝘷𝘴. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲/𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹

• Unemotional/Spontaneous 𝘷𝘴. 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹/𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹

• Habitual/Out of principle 𝘷𝘴. 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲/𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱

• Wants to self focus 𝘷𝘴. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

That ONE ᵗⁱⁿʸ little letter might seem ⁱⁿˢⁱᵍⁿⁱᶠⁱᶜᵃⁿᵗ, but can 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓭𝓵𝔂 make the 𝘂𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝓭𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮..

✨️ #𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜✨️

07/24/2023

We had a couple of good meetings Sunday afternoon!

01/22/2023

CoDA Family Group: Important meeting
Tonight at 7:15 after the regular CoDA meeting at the Alano Club, we'll gather together to make some important decisions about meeting day/time, book to use and those interested. So far, we have 10 people interested! That's a great start. I'll have copies of both books and I'll bring a calendar. Depending on the time we want to meet, we may also have to find a suitable meeting place. Please join us! If you can't make the meeting tonight, but you're interested, please let us know here what days/times work for you and your preference for which book to use. Choices (so far) are the ACoA workbook: "The 12 Steps: a Way Out" (designed to be used in a family group setting) or the CoDA workbook. Hope to see you tonight. Regular CoDA meeting is 6:00-7:00 pm.

01/03/2023

A friend shared this, and I am passing it on:

The most fundamental thing to remember about life on earth is that it exists in the dimension of duality, it is a rhythm between opposites. One cannot be happy forever, otherwise happiness will lose all meaning. One cannot be in harmony forever, otherwise one will become unaware of what harmony is. Harmony is followed by discord, as happiness is followed by unhappiness. Times of intimacy are followed by times of being more distant. Every pleasure has its own pain. Every peak has its own valley. Unless one understands the duality of existence, one lives with the perception that the unpleasant, the challenging, the painful part of life is wrong and should not be on our path. To be fully available to life means to accept and live the ecstasies AND agonies of life. If we learn to live in the moment, willing to face it - irrespective of what is in it, we stop hankering for the impossible. We accept that there cannot be sunshine without rain, we accept the rhythm, we become at ease with both. When happiness comes, we welcome it in; when unhappiness comes, we welcome it in - we are available to ALL of Life. As we step into 2023 let's be realistic, let's be courageous and declare ourselves available to EVERYTHING it will bring. Let's live 2023 deeply and fully - moment by moment!

Namaste!

12/22/2022

Additional Opportunity for merriment and fellowship on 12/25:
Some of us have a Vertex membership for the Club on the 10th floor of the Alex Johnson. We'll gather in the Lobby at 4:30 and ride up together (you need a member key). If you arrive late, you can text one of us, or ask for a Day pass at the front desk.
Katrina

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