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Thank You For Your Service

Thank You For Your Service

It’s like puppies in a basket,hunkered down for warmth,happy to be joined togetherin common purpose.Then, a puppy wakes, jumpsout of the basket, startssniffing at the floor, beginsto race around the room.Another puppy startles, seeswhat looks like independenceand...
What Is a Group Conscience

What Is a Group Conscience

Decision-making in ACA takes place through a process called Group Conscience. This process involves allowing each member to be heard and proceeding slowly. This avoids issues of drama, excitement, or controlling behavior, all of which may affect the outcome. Group...
Film Review: West Side Story

Film Review: West Side Story

I was in Junior High School in 1961, when the first film version of West Side Story was released. I recall my school chorus sang “Tonight, Tonight” for an audience of admiring families. Most of us had not been touched by first love, to say nothing of gang wars,...
Price Changes Considered For ACA Books

Price Changes Considered For ACA Books

Our fellowship text, Adult Children of Alcoholics, often referred to as the Big Red Book, was first published in 2006. Its price was $15 then, and it is still $15 today. WSO has never raised prices on any of its literature. The World Service Organization of ACA is...
Boundaries

Boundaries

The garden, edged with wire,a jaunty scarecrow, a bit of coyoteurine, hair shavings from a buzz cut.Don’t call me, text me.stop with the emojis, no morecute animal videos. I’m at the edge of nowhere,on edge, waiting for silence,flicker of senses, a sense of...
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