- What is WSO...?
- What is ACA (ACoA)... ?
- Do my parents need to be alcoholics... ?
- What is the cost... ?
- What is a Higher Power ... ?
- Where is a meeting... ?
- How do I start a meeting...?
- Why doesn't ACA link to other sites...?
What is WSO ... ?
WSO is the World Service Organization of Adult Children of Alcoholics. It
acts as the central agency of the program, gathering and disseminating meeting
information; creating and distributing literature for use in the Family Groups
and provides information to the general public.
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Adult Children of Alcoholics is a recovery program for adults whose lives
were affected as a result of being raised in an alcoholic or other dysfunctional
family. It is based on the success of Alcoholics Anonymous and employs its
version of the Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions.
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No ! If you can identify with The Problem
or have several of the characteristics of the "Laundry List"
ACA will benefit you.
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ACA is self-help, self-supporting program and according to our Seventh
Tradition we finance our own way. If you are financially able we ask for
a small contribution at each meeting.
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ACA is a spiritual program, based on no particular religion or set of beliefs
but rather an understanding of a power greater than ourselves that can aid
us on our path to recovery. This Higher Power is as diverse as the individuals
of the group.
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For a list of meetings please go to the
Meetings Page. We suggest that you verify the meeting of your choice by
calling the local phone number. Just as individuals recover and grow meetings
are born and die as the need arises or declines. WSO tries to keep the meeting
information current but cannot guarantee that every meeting listed is active.
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If you have checked the 'Meetings Page' and were unable to locate a meeting
nearby you may wish to start an ACA meeting in your town. It's easy. Fill
out the 'Contact Form' and submit it to WSO. If others in your area have completed
a Contact Form WSO will put you in contact
with them and vice versa. Once you have made contact you can order a 'New
Meeting Pak' which is available on the
Literature Order Form. This will give you all the basic materials
for establishing and running an ACA meeting.
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We do not provide links to other websites because of our Sixth Tradition
which states that we do not endorse any outside enterprise. Since we have
no control as to where other sites may lead and what they may endorse we cannot
violate this Tradition. We do grant other webs permission to link to our site.
Please link only to www.adultchildren.org.
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