A COSA Intergroup consists of one or more representatives from each COSA meeting in a particular geographic area. Intergroup representatives may meet once a month, once a quarter, or as needed. They can plan retreats and social events, help coordinate outreach and...
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Volunteer with COSA
ISO of COSA Board Application
COSA Meeting Registration/Update Form
Newcomer’s Packet
How to Download an MP3
How To Download For An iPhone/iOS Device Make sure you have a Wi-Fi connection.Go to the Apple App Store on your phone and download the free Dropbox app. Go to the online COSA Store (https://cosa-recovery.org/shop/) and purchase your MP3s. Once you pay for your MP3(s)...
Men in COSA
Tradition Three: The only requirement for COSA membership is that our lives have been affected by compulsive sexual behavior. As our society of recovery from co-sex addiction/sexual codependency grows and evolves, it is remarkable to note the overwhelming predominance...
Newcomer FAQ
We extend a special welcome to newcomers. Although we are sorry for the circumstances which brought you here, we hope that we can share the privilege of being here together and that you find a combination of help and friendship, as we have. It is suggested that you try six meetings before you decide if the COSA program is for you.
A member phone list is available. People who put their names on this list are willing to take your calls and answer your questions. We encourage you to seek the support of the group.
Writing Guidelines for COSA Literature
Literature Committee of ISO of COSA, Approved 5/21/2011
Step 12 Assignments
Step 11 Assignments
Step 10 Assignments
Step 9 Assignments
Step 8 Assignments
Step 7 Assignments
Step 6 Assignments
Step 5 Assignments
Step 4 Assignments
Step 3 Assignments
Step 2 Assignments
Step 1 Assignments
Arizona Step Study
These are the resource materials from the Arizona Step Study group. In 2013 and 2014, COSAs from Mesa and Tucson AZ met by teleconference. They worked through the steps and topics below using the COSA Step Booklets. They recorded the sessions in order to share their experience, strength and hope with other COSAs.
Store
Help for New and Growing Meetings
Sponsorship is an important part of our COSA recovery program. But individual COSAs are not the only ones who can use a sponsor. Meetings can benefit from a sponsor too.
Contact Us
The International Service Organization (ISO) of COSA Twelve Step Recovery Program is a volunteer run organization. Much of the work done at the ISO of COSA is done in committees. We welcome your questions. The following contact list may help direct your questions to us.
Annual Reports
Literature in Development
Busy at Work! Your COSA Literature Committee is once again hard at work for the fellowship! Based on your survey responses after the COSA Recovery book was completed, the top two new projects you have requested from the Literature Committee are: A companion workbook...
The COSA Meeting Guide
Starting and Maintaining Sober and Sustainable Groups.
Using COSA Literature in Meetings
The reading and study of COSA literature and the Balance newsletter can enrich our recovery program like nothing else can. Each booklet or pamphlet published by COSA has been written by recovering COSAs and is approved by a vote of the delegates and the board at the...
Literature
The ISO of COSA Board
Help the board or join the board! We are looking for new board members for the International Service Organization of COSA to further the health and growth of our fellowship.
Become a Sponsor
A sponsor is a person in the program who serves as our guide as we work the Twelve Steps of COSA. This is someone with whom we can share our story more fully, and who shares her or his own experience, strength, and hope as we undertake our recovery journey.
Conventions
COSA 2024 COSA 2023 COSA 2022 COSA 2021 COSA 2020
2020 January/February Balance Issue
Designing My Higher Power
Meeting Venues
Write/Edit for COSA
COSA Authors Wanted: Literature Submissions Writing can be a rewarding form of service. Not only does sharing our experience, strength, and hope help others in the fellowship, it enhances the writer's personal program of recovery, often bringing us to new levels of...
Resources
Note: These attachments and links contain materials COSA members have found to be helpful. The ISO of COSA neither endorses nor opposes the contents of these links. These resources reflect the individual experience, strength, and hope of the COSAs who created them. Please visit the COSA Store for conference-approved literature on the COSA program, including Step booklets, as well as other great mp3s.
Become a Delegate
When your group participates in COSA as a whole, you help the ISO understand and serve your group’s needs. You share your experience, strength, and hope with other meetings. Your ability to apply the spiritual principles of the Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions, and Twelve Concepts deepens. You connect to all of COSA at the heart!
Ways to be of Service
Part of our individual recovery is acting in service to others, and to the organization. Find out how you can get involved.
Balance Newsletter
Looking for issues of our Balance newsletter? You can find them all here.
ISO of COSA Bylaws
Identifying Key Behaviors
Lying, covering up, explaining away, or ignoring compulsive sexual behaviors are some of the unhealthy ways we may cope. We stifle the inner voice telling us something is wrong. We accept promises like “it won’t happen again” many times over, and in effect, enable the addiction. With the denial of reality, our lives become increasingly unmanageable. Our efforts to control escalate in an attempt to alleviate the strain. We tell ourselves that if only we could somehow change—for example, be more (or less) attractive, provocative, intelligent, competent—we could change another person’s sexual behavior.
What is COSA
Community Forums
Communicate, share, and grow together.
Donations
Our fellowship needs your financial support. We reach inward to help ourselves, as well as outward to help those who are still suffering. We need to extend a helping hand toward our fellows. In recovery, we learn to carry the message instead of the addict!
Welcome To The COSA Program
COSA is an anonymous, international Twelve Step recovery program for those whose lives have been affected by compulsive sexual behavior. The COSA fellowship is steadfastly autonomous; it is not affiliated with any other organizations. We are also self-supporting, sustained entirely by voluntary donations of time and money from our members.
Register/Update a COSA Meeting
Register a COSA Meeting Why register your COSA meeting? We help newcomers get in touch with you and find your meeting. We e-mail information to your group from time to time, so that you will be part of COSA as a whole. These e-mails include announcements about new...
Local Meetings
*Due to the COVID-19 virus, some meetings may be temporarily suspended or have moved to an electronic format. Resultingly, our website list may not be 100% up-to-date. Please reach out to the listed local meeting contacts and location for each group you are...
Open Letter to Healthcare Professionals
Dear Medical/Health Care Professional, In your practice, you may occasionally meet with patients whose lives have been affected by someone else’s sexual addiction or compulsive sexual behavior. We are writing to you to let you know about COSA, a Twelve Step recovery...
COSA History
COSA is an anonymous, international Twelve Step recovery program for those whose lives have been affected by compulsive sexual behavior. The COSA fellowship is steadfastly autonomous; it is not affiliated with any other organizations. We are also self-supporting, sustained entirely by voluntary donations of time and money from our members.
2019 November/December Balance Issue
Communication and Connection
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2019 September/October Balance Issue
Discernment vs Judgment
2019 July/August Balance Issue
Annual delegate meeting summary
2019 ISO of COSA Annual Report
2019 May/June Balance Issue
Balancing Service Work and Individual Recovery
2019 March/April Balance Issue
Defining My Sobriety: The Next Right Thing
2019 January/February Balance Issue
When Things Fall Apart, and Come Back Together, and Fall Apart Again… The Evolving and Transformational Gift of the Twelve Steps
2018 November/December Balance Issue
Dealing with the Pain of My Partner’s Sexual Anorexia
2018 September/October Balance Issue
Healthy sexuality, dating, and intimacy
2018 July/August Balance Issue
Annual delegate meeting summary
2018 ISO of COSA Annual Report
2018 May/June Balance Issue
How I Found A Sponsor
2018 March/April Balance Issue
Profile of a ServiceWorker: COSAs Share Their Experience, Strength, and Hope
2018 January/February Balance Issue
Anonymity: What does it really mean? “Once inside the safety of that anonymous gathering, I could share whatever was on my mind or heart without judgment…”
2017 November/December Balance Issue
Working the Steps – Sometimes Slowly, Sometimes Quickly
2017 September/October Balance Issue
Feelings
2017 July/August Balance Issue
Step into the Sunshine in Review: Reflections from COSAs attending the Convention in Orlando
2017 ISO of COSA Annual Report
2017 May/June Balance Issue
Fear and Acceptance: My Experience of Being a Male in COSA
2017 March/April Balance Issue
Working with a Long-distance Sponsor
2017 January/February Balance Issue
My Recovery Support Network
2016 November/December Balance Issue
Working the Steps
2016 September/October Balance Issue
Recovery Through Service
2016 July/August Balance Issue
Annual Delegate Meeting Summary (2016)
2016 ISO of COSA Annual Report
2016 May/June Balance Issue
My Favorite Recovery Tools
2016 March/April Balance Issue
Fear
2016 January/February Balance Issue
Diversity and Inclusivity
2015 November/December Balance Issue
Anonymity
2015 September/October Balance Issue
Defining Your Higher Power
2015 July/August Balance Issue
Post 2015 Convention Issue
2015 ISO of COSA Annual Report
2015 January/February Balance Issue
Sponsorship
2014 November/December Balance Issue
Triggers
2014 September/October Balance Issue
Caretaking vs. Self-Care
2014 July/August Balance Issue
Summary of 2014 Annual Delegate Meeting
2014 May/June Balance Issue
What Sobriety Means To Me
2014 March/April Balance Issue
Forgiveness
2014 ISO of COSA Annual Report
2014 January/February Balance Issue
Acceptance
2013 November/December Balance Issue
Higher Power
2013 September/October Balance Issue
Sponsorship
2013 July/August Balance Issue
Summary of Annual Delegate Meeting (2013)
2013 ISO of COSA Annual Report
2013 May/June Balance Issue
Defining My Sobriety
2013 March/April Balance Issue
Let Go and Let God