by Jon F. | Jul 1, 2023 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
“We also have great difficulty accepting mistakes as adults.” BRB p.38It seemed like every life-pursuit I undertook involved “white-knuckling”. I can look back at major accomplishments and remember thinking how I had no idea what I was doing at...
by Jon F. | May 1, 2023 | Voices of Recovery
As an ACA, letting go of anything always felt like jumping from an airplane without a parachute. I held on for dear life and didn’t let go of anything. It’s how I ran my business, it’s how I was in charge of my family, and it’s how I held on to my traumatizing...
by Jon F. | Sep 15, 2022 | ComLine, Voices of Recovery
(This essay and share is based on the July 21 daily meditation on abuse from authority figures found in “Strengthening My Recovery”) As a recovering adult child of an alcoholic and survivor of childhood emotional and sexual abuse, I developed a fear of authority...
by Jon F. | Jul 15, 2022 | ACA Toolbox, ComLine
I’ve been in ACA since April 2021. Since this past January, I’ve been incarcerated as a Federal inmate in a low-security prison for a sex crime I felt I was powerless to avoid. Those words are in our BRB – “Some ACA’s are in prison for...
