Mother Earth
I love listening to her heart beat,"Beat, beat""Beat", "beat"In my mother's wombFirst split,Second split,Ingesting her painFourth split,Eighth split A world full of possibilitiesI was chosen for herShe for ISixteenth split, thirty second split In my mother's womb, I...
I Will Not
I will not self-abandon.I will not lend my worth.I will not dance for you, but for me.I know peace is the answer. I will not succumb to oppression. I will not bow down to the white male. I will not forget my purpose on Earth. I will not be defined...
Palace of Mirrors
This song represents a time of darkness just before the dawn of my ACA recovery journey. Its meaning and feel have changed and grown from when I first wrote and recorded it. Over the nearly four years of my time in ACA, I have come back to it and listened with greater...
ACA Works on Internalized Racism
I’m a Filipina-American, with nine years in ACA. I did not grow up with alcoholism, drug addiction, or mental illness. I did grow up with immigrant trauma, intergenerational colonialist trauma, internalized racism, and a resulting set of stressed out hard-working...
Gas Plant Community
Carlos L. Gas Plant Community Carlos L.
My Story
My story begins in 1975 in an old told of Louisiana when I was three years old. I was a child of the consummation of Ralph retired US Navy, unattended military PTSD captain, and Pam vietnamese refugee Codependent mother of 5 children foreigner to US, naturalized...
HAIR
Monique J.
COME JOIN THE SPIRITUAL INCLUSION WORKING GROUP
Come join as The Spiritual Inclusion Working Group is continuing to make our program more spiritually inclusive, especially for newcomers, by opening to diverse spiritual and non-spiritual perspectives. What thoughts, considerations and ideas do you have? Come bring...
LIFE FORCE (HP) OUTSIDE MY WINDOW
Dew drop glistening with light shining through, drops to the ground only to slowly form againCherry blossoms bursting alive, proudly showing pink petals amid tangled branchesHeat waves from a roof vent shimmering like a mirage, reminder to be grateful...
INNER FAMILY ART
A page for my inner family's art journal. Together, we reflect on the solution and enjoy creating with our non-dominant hand and water color paint. Dawn G